Safety management system: Development and validation of a multidimensional scale

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-68

  Fernández Muñiz, Beatriz ^a   Montes Peón, José Manuel ^a   Vázquez Ordás, Camilo José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Measurement scale; Occupational accident; Process safety; Safety management system; Structural equation modelling; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MEASUREMENT SCALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS; PROCESS SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 33845457255     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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