Safety climate, safety behavior, injury experience, and musculoskeletal disorders among Iranian manufacturing employees: A structural equation modeling study.
Background: While safety climate and performance are extensively studied, few research studies have explored the relationship between safety climate and both retrospective and prospective indicators of safety performance. Objective: This study aims to investigate the relationships between safety cli...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 80; no. 3; pp. 1066 - 1076 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Mar2025
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