Workplace safety climate assessment based on behaviors and measurable indicators

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-247

  Yu, Ming ^a   Sun, Linyan ^a   Egri, Carolyn ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Behaviors; Indicators; Safety climate; Sociotechnical system

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; ERGONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ASSESSMENT; BEHAVIORS; INDICATORS; SAFETY CLIMATE; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEM;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 55249120682     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: 15475913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.10256     Document Type: Article

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