Group Leaders as Gatekeepers: Testing Safety Climate Variations across Levels of Analysis

Applied Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 647-673

  Zohar, Dov ^a   Luria, Gil ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 77957131125     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2010.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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