The effect of safety climate on seafarers' safety behaviors in container shipping

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1999-2006

  Lu, Chin Shan ^a   Tsai, Chaur Luh ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Container shipping; Safety behavior; Safety climate; Seafarer

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; SHIPS;

CONTAINER CARRIERS; CONTAINER SHIPPINGS; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; SAFETY BEHAVIOR; SAFETY CLIMATE; SEAFARER; SHIPPING OPERATIONS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; SAFETY; SHIP; STANDARD; TAIWAN; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AWARENESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; POLICY; SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SHIPS; TAIWAN; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 78049402224     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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