Testing safety commitment in organizations through interpretations of safety artifacts

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 519-528

  Luria, Gil ^a   Rafaeli, Anat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Culture; Leadership; Safety climate; Safety signs; Symbols

Indexed keywords

PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ARTIFACTS; CULTURE; LEADERSHIP; SAFETY CLIMATE; SAFETY SIGNS; SYMBOLS;

SAFETY TESTING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEADERSHIP; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 55749086016     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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