Implementation of BBS and the impact of site-level commitment

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 296-304

  Choudhry, Rafiq M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY NUST   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Behavior based safety; Construction site; Intervention; Management commitment; Observer commitment; Operative commitment; Safe behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR-BASED SAFETIES; CONSTRUCTION SITES; INTERVENTION; OBSERVER COMMITMENT; OPERATIVE COMMITMENT; SAFE BEHAVIOR;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; MANAGERS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SCAFFOLDS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84873393231     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000111     Document Type: Article

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