Do incentives work? A qualitative study of managers' motivations in hazardous industries

Safety Science

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 419-428

  Maslen, Sarah ^a   Hopkins, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Incentives; Major accident risk; Motivation; Senior managers; Sociology

Indexed keywords

INCENTIVES; MAJOR ACCIDENTS; QUALITATIVE STUDY; SENIOR MANAGERS; SOCIOLOGY;

MOTIVATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GAS INDUSTRY; HAZARDOUS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRY; MANAGER; MINING; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OIL INDUSTRY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PIPELINE INDUSTRY; SALARY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 84910103091     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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