Leadership and safety climate in the construction industry

Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications - Proceedings of the Joint ESREL and SRA-Europe Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 1415-1421

  Melia J L ^a   Becerril, M ^a   Silva, S A ^b   Mearns, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODEL VARIABLES; ORGANIZATIONAL SAFETY; PERCEIVED RISK; REPETITIVE WORKS; SAFETY CLIMATE; SAFETY PROPERTY; WORK-RELATED; WORKER SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY THEORY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 79952343907     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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