Incorporating organisational safety culture within ergonomics practice

Ergonomics

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1167-1174

  Bentley, Tim ^a   Tappin, David ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Assessment of safety culture; Ergonomics studies; Organisational safety culture; Safety climate

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; EVALUATION PROCESS; PARTICIPATORY ERGONOMICS; POTENTIAL USERS; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; SAFETY CLIMATE; SAFETY CULTURE; SYSTEMS APPROACH;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOENGINEERING; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77957238663     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2010.512981     Document Type: Article

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