The nature of safety culture: A survey of the state-of-the-art

Safety Science

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 993-1012

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

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior based safety; Construction safety; Organizational culture; Safety climate; Safety culture; Safety management system

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONSTRUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONSTRUCTION SAFETY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SAFETY CULTURE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 35348965638     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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