Safety climate measurement at workplace in China: A validity and reliability assessment

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1037-1046

  Lin, Si Hao ^a   Tang, Wen Juan ^a   Miao, Jian Ying ^a   Wang, Zhi Ming ^b   Wang, Pei Xi ^c  

^a Department of Epidemiology   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese safety culture; Construct validity; Discriminant validity; Reliability; Safety climate

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MEASUREMENTS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

APPLIED (CO); CHINESE INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; ELSEVIER (CO); INDUSTRIAL SECTORS; MANAGEMENT SUPPORT; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; SAFETY AWARENESS; SAFETY CLIMATE; SAFETY EXPERTS; SAFETY PRECAUTIONS; SAFETY TRAINING; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; WORK EXPERIENCES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; COMPETENCE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONSULTATION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK; SAFETY CLIMATE; SCORING SYSTEM; VARIANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 45249115079     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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