Terrorism and Hazardous Material Trucking: Promoting Perceived Collective Efficacy for Terrorism Prevention

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-31

  James, Keith ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collective efficacy; prevention; terrorism; virtual organizations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DANGEROUS GOODS; DISASTER; DRIVER; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRORISM;

ALBERTA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TERRORISM; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 39049153000     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-8998.13.1.24     Document Type: Article

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