The effects of leadership in the high hazard construction sector: Injuries and fatalities an issue of leadership and not hazard

Leadership and Management in Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 72-76

  Slates, Kevin ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; SAFETY FACTOR; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 40849096295     PISSN: 15326748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1532-6748(2008)8:2(72)     Document Type: Article

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