Safety leaders' perceptions of safety culture in a large Australasian construction organisation

Safety Science

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-12

  Biggs, Sarah E ^a   Banks, Tamara D ^a   Davey, Jeremy D ^a   Freeman, James E ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Leaders' perceptions; Modified Delphi method; Qualitative research; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE MANAGERS; DATA COLLECTION; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; KEY FACTORS; MANAGEMENT ISSUES; MODIFIED DELPHI METHOD; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT-BASED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY CULTURE; SAFETY MANAGERS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SITE SUPERVISORS; SURVEY DATA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS;

SURVEYS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CULTURAL SAFETY; DELPHI STUDY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEADERSHIP; MANAGER; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84868107397     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2012.04.012     Document Type: Article

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