Safety leadership and safety performance in petrochemical industries: The mediating role of safety climate

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 716-721

  Wu, Tsung Chih ^a   Chang, Shu Hsuan ^b   Shu, Chi Min ^c   Chen, Chien Tsun ^a   Wang, Chien Peng ^a  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Process safety management; Safety climate; Safety leadership; Safety performance; Structural equation modeling (SEM)

Indexed keywords

PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY CLIMATE; SAFETY LEADERSHIP; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

CLIMATE MODELS; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; PETROCHEMICALS; SURVEYS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 80053447875     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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