Safety motivation and human resource management in North America

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1472-1485

  Ford, Michael T ^a   Tetrick, Lois E ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupational safety; Safety climate; Safety motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 50349088630     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190802200231     Document Type: Article

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