Safety performance differences between unionized and non-union motor carriers

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 807-816

  Corsi, Thomas M ^a   Grimm, Curtis M ^a   Cantor, David E ^b   Sienicki, Dale ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Transportation Research Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor carrier safety; Safety performance; Unionization

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 84857132030     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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