Are "good soldiers" safety conscious? An examination of the relationship between organizational citizenship behaviors and perception of workplace safety

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 805-820

  Gyekye, Seth Ayim ^a   Salminen, Simo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accident frequency; Industrial accidents; Organizational Citizenship Behaviors; Safety climate; Safety management; Safety perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844438379     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2005.33.8.805     Document Type: Review

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