Development and initial validation of an Aviation Safety Climate Scale

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 675-682

  Evans, Bronwyn ^a   Glendon, A Ian ^a   Creed, Peter A ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aviation; Safety climate; Safety culture; Scale development

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; BENCHMARKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

SAFETY CLIMATES; SAFETY CULTURE; SAFETY TRAINING; SCALE DEVELOPMENT;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AVIATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SAFETY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; AVIATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PSYCHOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 36949006702     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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