Accidents happen: The influence of safety-specific transformational leadership, safety consciousness, and hazard reducing systems on warehouse accidents

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 29, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 753-765

  De Koster, René B M ^a   Stam, Daan ^a   Balk, Bert M ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral operations; Safety consciousness; Safety systems; Transformational leadership; Warehouse accidents

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL OPERATIONS; IN-LINE; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR; PATH ANALYSIS; REDUCING SYSTEMS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; SAFETY SYSTEM; TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP;

ACCIDENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

WAREHOUSES;

EID: 80052269508     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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