The effects of error management climate and safety communication on safety: A multi-level study

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1498-1506

  Cigularov, Konstantin P ^a   Chen, Peter Y ^b   Rosecrance, John ^b  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Injury; Multi level analysis; Pain; Safety behavior; Safety climate

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INJURIES; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; ERROR MANAGEMENT; MAIN EFFECT; MULTI-LEVEL; MULTI-LEVEL ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL SAFETY; SAFETY BEHAVIOR; SAFETY CLIMATE; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS; WORK CONDITION; WORKER SAFETY; WORKPLACE SAFETY;

COMMUNICATION; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; HEALTH;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; STANDARD; TRADE UNION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955276224     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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