Supervisors' engagement in safety leadership: Factors that help and hinder

Safety Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-117

  Conchie, Stacey M ^a   Moon, Susannah ^a   Duncan, Malcolm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LAING O'ROURKE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction; Demands; Resources; Safety leadership; Support

Indexed keywords

DEMANDS; FOCUS GROUPS; PARENT COMPANY; PRODUCTION DEMAND; RESEARCH SUPPORT; RESOURCES; SAFETY LEADERSHIP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; SUPPORTS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84865421295     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2012.05.020     Document Type: Article

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