Leadership training as an occupational health intervention: Improved safety and sustained productivity

Safety Science

Volumn 81, Issue , 2016, Pages 35-45

  von Thiele Schwarz, Ulrica ^a,b   Hasson, Henna ^a,c   Tafvelin, Susanne ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Applied behavior analysis; Safety climate; Safety self efficacy; Transactional leadership; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MANAGERS; PRODUCTIVITY;

BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS; SAFETY CLIMATE; SELF EFFICACY; TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP; TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

ADULT; APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTINGENT REWARD; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEADERSHIP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT BY EXCEPTIONS ACTIVE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SAFETY SELF EFFICACY; SWEDEN; TRAINING; TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84947125795     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2015.07.020     Document Type: Article

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