Transformational Leadership and Employee Safety Performance: A Within-Person, Between-Jobs Design

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-290

  Inness Michelle, M ^a   Turner, Nick ^b   Barling, Julian ^c   Stride, Chris B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Moonlighting; Safety; Safety compliance; Safety participation; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKPLACE; EMPLOYMENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954731833     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019380     Document Type: Article

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