Safety climate dimensions, leader-member exchange, and organizational support as predictors of upward safety communication in a sample of rail industry workers

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 643-650

  Kath, Lisa M ^a   Marks, Karen M ^a   Ranney, Joyce ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance analysis; Leader member exchange; Perceived organizational support; Safety climate; Upward safety communication

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE ANALYSIS; DOMINANT FACTOR; EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIPS; JOB DEMANDS; ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT; PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT; RAIL INDUSTRY; SAFETY CLIMATE; SAFETY CONCERNS; SAFETY ISSUES;

COMMUNICATION; EMPLOYMENT; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; SAFETY FACTOR; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB STRESS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MANAGER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 77950542273     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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