Why operatives engage in unsafe work behavior: Investigating factors on construction sites

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 566-584

  Choudhry, Rafiq M ^a   Fang, Dongping ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Construction safety; Hong Kong; Operative; Safety climate; Worker behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA REDUCTION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

CONSTRUCTION SITES; JOB SECURITY; SAFETY CLIMATE; SAFETY ORIENTATION;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GROUNDED THEORY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SECURITY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF ESTEEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRAINING; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 42949099928     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.06.027     Document Type: Article

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