Psychological climate and safety in the construction industry-mediated influence on safety behaviour

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 405-412

  Larsson, S ^a   Pousette, A ^a   Torner M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Construction industry; Occupational safety; Organisational climate; Psychological climate; Safety behaviour; Safety performance

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA REDUCTION; MOTIVATION; SAFETY FACTOR;

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PSYCHOLOGICAL CLIMATE; SAFETY PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORKER;

EID: 38949207481     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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