Il clima di sicurezza: un fattore strategico per la sicurezza nei luoghi di lavoro

Journal title SICUREZZA E SCIENZE SOCIALI
Author/s Margherita Brondino, Margherita Pasini
Publishing Year 2015 Issue 2015/1
Language Italian Pages 15 P. 50-64 File size 120 KB
DOI 10.3280/SISS2015-001005
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Research on safety climate has developed in the nineteens, given its important role form a scientific and an applied point of view, because it seems to be a leading indicator of safety performance. The present study offers an overview on safety climate, highlighting issues concerning its definition and measurement.

Keywords: Safety Climate, safety at work, measurement instruments, climate agents, coworker role on safety

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Margherita Brondino, Margherita Pasini, Il clima di sicurezza: un fattore strategico per la sicurezza nei luoghi di lavoro in "SICUREZZA E SCIENZE SOCIALI" 1/2015, pp 50-64, DOI: 10.3280/SISS2015-001005