Safety climate and beyond: A multi-level multi-climate framework

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 376-387

  Dov, Zohar ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Multilevel climate; Safety citizenship; Safety climate; Work ownership climate

Indexed keywords

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SAFETY FACTOR; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

MULTI LEVEL FRAMEWORK; MULTILEVEL CLIMATE; SAFETY CITIZENSHIP; SAFETY CLIMATE; WORK OWNERSHIP CLIMATE;

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 38949165382     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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