The self-defensive attribution hypothesis in the work environment: Co-workers' perspectives

Safety Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-168

  Gyekye, Seth Ayim ^a   Salminen, Simo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Causal attributions; Defensive attributions; Industrial accident; Safety interventions

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; INDUSTRY;

CAUSAL ATTRIBUTIONS; CAUSALITY; SAFETY INTERVENTIONS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF DEFENSE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 29244469950     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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