The impact of work accidents experience on causal attributions and worker behaviour

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 992-1001

  Gonçalves, Sónia M Pedroso ^a   da Silva, Silvia Agostinho ^a   Lima, Maria Luísa ^a   Meliá, Josep L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Causal attributions; Safety behaviours; Unsafe behaviours; Work accident experience

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MICROFLUIDICS; PERSONNEL; TESTING; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

CAUSAL ATTRIBUTIONS; ELSEVIER (CO); INDUSTRIAL CONTEXT; INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS; WORK ACCIDENTS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 44649179169     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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