Railing for safety: Job demands, job control, and safety citizenship role definition

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 504-512

  Turner, Nick ^a,d   Chmiel, Nik ^b   Walls, Melanie ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c Praxis High Integrity Systems   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Job control; Job demands; Railways; Role orientations; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; EMPLOYMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE;

EID: 27744484267     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-8998.10.4.504     Document Type: Article

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