Developing a model of construction safety culture

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 207-212

  Choudhry, Rafiq M ^a,b   Fang, Dongping ^a   Mohamed, Sherif ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construction management; Construction sites; Occupational safety; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SITE SELECTION;

CONSTRUCTION SAFETY CULTURE; CONSTRUCTION SITES; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; VERIFIABLE PROCESS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 34548694956     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2007)23:4(207)     Document Type: Article

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