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Year:
2017

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Volume:
20

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Issue:
1

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Article:
4
safery science monitor
Introduction

Developing effective intervention methods to decrease the number of occupational accidents in working life is important and urgent. A substantial amount of previous research has convincingly shown that a good safety climate is an antecedent of occupational safety (Beus, Payne, Bergman, & Arthur, 2010; Christian, Bradley, Wallace, & Burke, 2009; Kuenzi & Schminke, 2009; Larsson-Tholén, Pousette, & Törner, 2013). Improving safety climate is therefore a potentially strong route to improve occupational safety and reduce suffering, as well as high societal costs related to the often high rates of occupational accidents. This potential calls for research on whether safety climate may be improved through active intervention.

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Author

MATS EKLÖF

Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg

ANDERS POUSETTE

Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg

MARIANNE TÖRNER

Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Academy of Sahlgrenska, University of Gothenburg

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