Discourse-based intervention for modifying supervisory communication as leverage for safety climate and performance improvement: A randomized field study

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 113-124

  Zohar, Dov ^a   Polachek, Tal ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

Author keywords

Organizational climate intervention; Organizational discourse; Randomized field research; Safety climate improvement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; STANDARDS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892859490     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034096     Document Type: Article

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