Sustaining Management Commitment to Workplace Health Programs: The Case of Participatory Ergonomics

Relations Industrielles

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-74

  Dixon, Shane M ^a   Theberge, Nancy ^a   Cole, Donald C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ergonomic change team; Managerial support; Musculoskeletal disorder; Occupational health and safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 66249098495     PISSN: 0034379X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/029538ar     Document Type: Article

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