Health and safety management within small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries: Study of contextual influences

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1104-1115

  Kheni, Nongiba A ^a,b   Gibb, Alistair G F ^b   Dainty, Andrew R J ^b  

^a Tamale Polytechnic   (Ghana)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction health and safety; Contextual influences; Ghana; SMEs

Indexed keywords

CONTEXTUAL ENVIRONMENT; CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCES; DEVELOPED ECONOMIES; ECONOMIC CLIMATES; GHANA; HEALTH AND SAFETY; INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE; KEY FACTORS; KEY ISSUES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SMES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SURVEYS;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 77956821286     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000218     Document Type: Article

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