Psychosocial Safety Climate: Development of the PSC-12

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 353-383

  Hall, Garry B ^a   Dollard, Maureen F ^a   Coward, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental health disability; Psychological health; Psychosocial safety climate; Worker engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649715236     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021320     Document Type: Article

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