Safety climate in conditions of construction subcontracting: A multi-level analysis

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 813-825

  Lingard, Helen Clare ^a   Cooke, Tracy ^a   Blismas, Nick ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lost time injuries; Medical treatment injuries; Occupational health and safety; Organizational safety response; Supervisor safety response

Indexed keywords

LOST-TIME INJURY; MEDICAL TREATMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; ORGANIZATIONAL SAFETY; SUPERVISOR SAFETY RESPONSE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLIMATE MODELS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; SURVEYS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HEALTH AND SAFETY; INJURY; SUBCONTRACTING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77956772454     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190903480035     Document Type: Article

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