Safety leadership in the teaching laboratories of electrical and electronic engineering departments at Taiwanese Universities

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 599-607

  Wu, Tsung Chih ^a  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Individual factors; Interaction effects; Organizational factors; Safety leadership; Teaching laboratories

Indexed keywords

FLOW INTERACTIONS; LABORATORIES; SAFETY FACTOR; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TEACHING;

INDIVIDUAL FACTORS; INTERACTION EFFECTS; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; SAFETY LEADERSHIP; TEACHING LABORATORIES;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ELECTRICITY; ENGINEERING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; LEADERSHIP; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TAIWAN; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRICITY; ENGINEERING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; TEACHING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 57049110390     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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