Safety climate responses and the perceived risk of accidents in the construction industry

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 949-958

  Meliá, José L ^a   Mearns, Kathryn ^b   Silva, Silvia A ^c   Lima, M Luisa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Construction; Perceived risk; Safety climate; Safety response

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SAMPLING;

ORGANIZATIONAL SAFETY RESPONSE (OSR); PERCEIVED RISKS; SAFETY CLIMATE STATEMENTS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 44649083049     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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