The five-factor model and safety in the workplace: Investigating the relationships between personality and accident involvement

Workplace Safety: Individual Differences in Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 43-52

  Cellar, Douglas F ^a   Nelson, Zachary C ^a   Yorke, Candice M ^a   Bauer, Cara ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident; Agreeableness; Conscientiousness; Five factor model; NEO PI R; Personality; Safety; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872983770     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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