The effect of workers' visibility on effectiveness of intervention programs: Supervisory-based safety interventions

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 273-280

  Luria, Gil ^a   Zohar, Dov ^b   Erev, Ido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ear protection; Reinforcement learning; Safe behavior; Supervisory based safety interventions; Visibility

Indexed keywords

CYCLE MODEL; ELSEVIER (CO); INTERVENTION PROGRAMS; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL (NSC); ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES; PROGRAM TARGETING; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING (RL); SAFETY BEHAVIOR; SAFETY INTERVENTIONS; WORKPLACE SAFETY;

FLOW INTERACTIONS; INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PERSONNEL; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; VISIBILITY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 45049086939     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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