Developing measures for assessing the causality of safety culture in a petrochemical industry

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 507-515

  Wu, Tsung Chih ^a   Lin, Chia Hung ^a   Shiau, Sen Yu ^a  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Petrochemical industry; Safety climate; Safety culture; Safety leadership; Safety performance

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; LEADERSHIP; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SAFETY; SOFTWARE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 77951084494     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-009-9242-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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