Safety climate cross-validation, strength and prediction of safety behaviour

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 398-404

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA); Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC); Safety behaviour; Safety climate; Sharedness

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE; PERSONNEL; SAFETY FACTOR;

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS (CFA); INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (ICC); SAFETY CLIMATE; SHAREDNESS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORKER;

EID: 38949217960     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.06.016     Document Type: Article

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