Use of attitude congruence to identify safety interventions for small residential builders

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-130

  Hung, Yu Hsiu ^a   Smith Jackson, Tonya ^a   Winchester, Woodrow ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Safety; Small business

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DATA; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; FORMAL TRAINING; HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY; LINE SUPERVISORS; OCCUPATIONAL INJURY; PROJECT MANAGERS; RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION; SAFETY; SAFETY INTERVENTION; SAFETY PROBLEMS; SAFETY RULES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SMALL BUSINESS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HEALTH RISKS; MANAGERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SUBCONTRACTING;

EID: 79952417255     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2010.521758     Document Type: Article

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