Critical success factors influencing safety program performance in Thai construction projects

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 709-727

  Aksorn, Thanet ^a   Hadikusumo, B H W ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Construction; Critical success factor; Employee involvement; Management commitment; Occupational safety and health; Safety programs

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT; MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT; SAFETY PROGRAMS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROL SYSTEM; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND;

EID: 42949084772     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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