Predicting the safety performance of volunteers: Does motivation for volunteering influence driving behavior?

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1090-1096

  Newnam, Sharon ^a   Newton, Cameron ^b   McGregor Lowndes, Myles ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Driving performance; Nonprofit sector; Volunteers; Work related driving

Indexed keywords

DRIVING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; DRIVING SPEED; FUNCTIONAL APPROACH; NONPROFIT SECTOR; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PUBLIC LIABILITY; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VOLUNTEERS; WORK-RELATED DRIVING;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

MOTIVATION;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

EID: 67349189909     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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