Making work safer: Testing a model of social exchange and safety management

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-171

  DeJoy, David M ^a   Della, Lindsay J ^b   Vandenberg, Robert J ^c   Wilson, Mark G ^a  

^a Workplace Health Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupational safety management; Organizational factors; Safety climate; Social exchange; Work injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SAFETY TESTING;

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; SAFETY CLIMATE; SOCIAL EXCHANGE; WORK INJURIES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 83055184064     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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