Measurement equivalence of a safety climate measure among Hispanic and White Non-Hispanic construction workers

Safety Science

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-68

  Cigularov, Konstantin P ^a   Lancaster, Paige G ^b   Chen, Peter Y ^c   Gittleman, Janie ^d   Haile, Elizabeth ^e  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Defense Intelligence Agency   (United States)

^e MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Measurement equivalence; Safety climate

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC APPROACH; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; ERROR VARIANCE; HEALTH OUTCOMES; HISPANICS; MEASUREMENT EQUIVALENCE; MULTI-GROUP; SAFETY CLIMATE; WORK-RELATED;

CONSTRUCTION; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; SAFETY FACTOR;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING WORKER; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84872234533     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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