Educational status and organizational safety climate: Does educational attainment influence workers' perceptions of workplace safety?

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-28

  Gyekye, Seth A ^a   Salminen, Simo ^b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accident frequency; Education; Job satisfaction; Safety management; Safety perception

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MANAGEMENT; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT CHARACTERISTICS; ACCIDENT FREQUENCIES; ACCIDENT FREQUENCY; ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENTS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WORKERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES; ORGANIZATIONAL SAFETIES; POSTE-RIORS; SAFETY EXPERTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENTS; SAFETY PERCEPTION; SAFETY PERCEPTIONS; SAFETY PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCES; UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONS; WORK SAFETIES; WORKPLACE SAFETIES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BELIEF; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL COMPLIANCE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 56949107381     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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