Corporate financial decision-makers' perceptions of workplace safety

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 767-775

  Huang, Yueng Hsiang ^a   Leamon, Tom B ^a   Courtney, Theodore K ^a   Chen, Peter Y ^b   DeArmond, Sarah ^b  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate financial decision maker; Safety concerns; Safety priority; Safety program

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BUDGET CONTROL; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

SAFETY MODIFICATION; SAFETY PROGRAM; SAFETY TRAINING;

DECISION MAKING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34247476648     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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