Safety climate in an automobile manufacturing plant: The effects of work environment, job communication and safety attitudes on accidents and unsafe behaviour

Personnel Review

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 413-430

  Clarke, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidents; Automotive industry; Health and safety; Manufacturing systems; Safety; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745435177     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480610670580     Document Type: Review

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