Unanticipated safety outcomes: Shiftwork and drive-in, drive-out workforce in Queensland's Bowen Basin

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 100-112

  Di Milia, Lee ^a   Bowden, Bradley ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Human resources; Safety; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952156012     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1038411107073607     Document Type: Article

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