Assessing the workplace safety climate

Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-66

  Williams, Warwick ^a   Purdy, Suzanne ^b   Storey, Lydia ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Assessment; Questionnaires; Safety climate; Workplaces

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; QUALITATIVE VALIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33747459561     PISSN: 08156409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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