Safety climate in university and college laboratories: Impact of organizational and individual factors

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-102

  Wu, Tsung Chih ^a   Liu, Chi Wei ^a,b   Lu, Mu Chen ^a  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accident experience; Laboratory safety; Safety climate; Safety culture; Safety training

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DRIVER TRAINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE; LABORATORY SAFETY; SAFETY CLIMATE; SAFETY CULTURE; SAFETY TRAINING;

SAFETY FACTOR;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STANDARD; STUDENT; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33847245053     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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