A descriptive study of the OHS management auditing methods used by public sector organizations conducting audits of workplaces: Implications for audit reliability and validity

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-189

  Robson, Lynda S ^a   Macdonald, Sara ^a   Gray, Garry C ^a   Van Eerd, Dwayne L ^a   Bigelow, Philip L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Audit; Measurement; Qualitative study; Quality; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

AUDIT; AUDIT DATA; AUDITING PROGRAMS; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ONTARIO; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATION; QUALITATIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY; VALIDITY;

IMAGE QUALITY; MEASUREMENTS; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH;

MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COST; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VALIDITY; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE;

EID: 82455210752     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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