National culture and safe work behaviour of construction workers in Pakistan

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-35

  Mohamed, S ^a   Ali, T H ^a   Tam, W Y V ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Behaviour; Construction workers; National culture; Perception

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYS;

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOUR; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; NATIONAL CULTURE; PERCEPTION;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 56849090378     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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