The role of safety culture in safety performance measurement

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 20-28

  Arezes, Pedro M ^a   Sergio Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Health and safety; Health and safety requirements; Performance measurement (quality)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986133142     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683040310509287     Document Type: Article

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