Fostering a strong construction safety culture

Leadership and Management in Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-22

  Zou, Patrick X W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attitude; Behavior; Belief; Construction management; Culture; Incident and injury; Occupational health and safety; Risk

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BELIEF; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CULTURE; INCIDENT AND INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 78650362715     PISSN: 15326748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)LM.1943-5630.0000093     Document Type: Article

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