The role of management and safety climate in preventing risk-taking at work

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-151

  Yule, Steven ^a   Flin, Rhona ^a   Murdy, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b EON Engineering Ratcliffe on Soar   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continual improvement; Risk; Safety climate; Senior management commitment; Supervisor involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846610515     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2007.011727     Document Type: Article

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