Effects of safety climate on perceptions of safety performance in container terminal operations

Transport Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-19

  Shang, Kuo Chung ^a   Lu, Chin Shan ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLIMATE; CONTAINER TERMINAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT; MODELING; PERCEPTION; PORT OPERATION; SAFETY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KAOHSIUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 57149088084     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441640802264943     Document Type: Article

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