Ethical climates and workplace safety behaviors: An empirical investigation

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 515-529

  Parboteeah, K Praveen ^a   Kapp, Edward Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical climates; Occupational safety; Safety enhancing behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649135974     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9452-y     Document Type: Article

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