Learning to take action: The goals of health and safety training

New Solutions

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 255-267

  Weinstock, Deborah ^a   Slatin, Craig ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation research; Worker health and safety training; Worker power

Indexed keywords

CANADA; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLICY; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CANADA; GOALS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84873507709     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/NS.22.3.b     Document Type: Editorial

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