Socially constructing safety

Human Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1259-1266

  Turner, Nick ^a   Gray, Garry C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Culture; Organizational behaviour; Safety; Social constructionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249083438     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726709339863     Document Type: Article

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