Doing knowledge transfer: Engaging management and labor with research on employee health and safety

Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 316-330

  Kramer, Desre M ^a   Cole, Donald C ^a,c   Leithwood, Kenneth ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Health and safety; Intervention; Knowledge transfer; Workplaces

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PERSONNEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

HEALTH AND SAFETY; INTERVENTIONS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; WORKPLACES;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 4043078373     PISSN: 02704676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0270467604267003     Document Type: Article

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