Safety cultural divergences among management, supervisory and worker groups in Hong Kong construction industry

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 504-512

  Fung, Ivan W H ^a   Tam, C M ^a   Tung, Karen C F ^a   Man, Ada S K ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction personnel; Culture divergences; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

CONSTRUCTION PERSONNEL; CULTURE DIVERGENCE; WORKERS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT; SAFETY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 27744433005     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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