Management practice in safety culture and its influence on workplace injury: An industrial study in Malaysia

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 470-477

  Ali, Hassan ^a   Azimah Chew Abdullah, nor ^b   Subramaniam, Chandrakantan ^a  

^a Universiti Utara Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Injury; Malaysia; Management technique; Safety; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949093881     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560911003660     Document Type: Article

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