Occupational health and safety professionals strategies to improve working environment and their self-assessed impact

Work

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 2625-2632

  Olsen, Kirsten ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Change process; change strategy; influence; management; practitioners

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; WORKPLACE;

FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84859815891     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0506-2625     Document Type: Conference Paper

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