Construction firm practices and manager beliefs regarding the employment and safety of teenaged employees: A North Carolina based study

Work

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-154

  Rauscher, Kimberly J ^a   Schulman, Michael ^b,c   Runyan, Carol W ^c,d,e  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; firm practices; health and safety; manager beliefs; young workers

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 78650602590     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2010-1065     Document Type: Article

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