Safety leadership and safety behavior in container terminal operations

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-134

  Lu, Chin Shan ^a   Yang, Chung Shan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Container terminal; Safety leadership; Self reported safety behavior

Indexed keywords

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONTAINER TERMINAL; CONTAINER TERMINAL OPERATION; EFFECTS OF SAFETY; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION; SAFETY BEHAVIOR; SAFETY CONCERNS; SAFETY LEADERSHIP; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY POLICIES; SAFETY TRAINING; SELF-REPORTED SAFETY BEHAVIOR; SURVEY DATA;

CONTAINERS; MOTIVATION; PORT TERMINALS; RAILROAD YARDS AND TERMINALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SAFETY FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTAINER; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SHIPPING; TAIWAN; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 70449525226     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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