Safety culture in the construction industry

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2009 - Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1243-1252

  Hartley, Ruth ^a   Cheyne, Alistair ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health and safety; Multilevel perspective; Organisational culture

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC; HEALTH AND SAFETY; INDUSTRY EXPERTS; INDUSTRY SAFETY; MULTILEVEL PERSPECTIVE; ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE; SAFETY CULTURE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SENIOR MANAGEMENT; SITE MANAGEMENT; SPECIFIC SITES; SUB-CONTRACTORS;

COMMERCE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84861058190     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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