A study of the lagged relationships among safety climate, safety motivation, safety behavior, and accidents at the individual and group levels

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 946-953

  Neal, Andrew ^a   Griffin, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidents; Injuries; Occupational safety; Organizational behavior; Organizational climate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SAFETY;

EID: 33746445910     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.91.4.946     Document Type: Article

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