Successful multi-national workforce integration program to improve construction site performance

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 603-618

  Jaselskis, E J ^a   Strong, K C ^a   Aveiga, F ^a   Canales, A R ^a   Jahren, C ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Cultural differentiation; Integration; Multi national training

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TRAINING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

CULTURAL ANALYSIS; CULTURAL DIFFERENTIATION; CULTURAL GROUPS; MULTINATIONAL TRAINING;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB PERFORMANCE; MIGRANT WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

EID: 42949102611     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.06.023     Document Type: Article

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