Development and validation of safety climate scales for mobile remote workers using utility/electrical workers as exemplar

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-86

  Huang, Yueng Hsiang ^a   Zohar, Dov ^a,b   Robertson, Michelle M ^a   Garabet, Angela ^a   Murphy, Lauren A ^a,c   Lee, Jin ^a,d  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric power industry; Safety climate for remote workers; Scale development and validation; Utility electrical workers

Indexed keywords

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSES (CFA); ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRIES; ELECTRICAL WORKERS; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY; REMOTE WORKERS; SCALE DEVELOPMENT; SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; SAFETY CLIMATE FOR REMOTE WORKERS; SCALE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILITY ELECTRICAL WORKERS;

ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY; SAFETY CLIMATE FOR REMOTE WORKERS; SCALE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION; UTILITY ELECTRICAL WORKERS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84878961644     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.04.030     Document Type: Article

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