Safety climate: Leading or lagging indicator of safety outcomes?

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 735-739

  Payne, Stephanie C ^a   Bergman, Mindy E ^a   Beus, Jeremy M ^a   Rodríguez, Jennifer M ^a   Henning, Jaime B ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Injuries; Leading lagging indicator; Safety climate; Study design

Indexed keywords

INJURIES; LAGGING INDICATORS; LEADING INDICATORS; SAFETY CLIMATE; STUDY DESIGN;

ACCIDENTS; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS);

DESIGN;

EID: 71649106026     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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