Relationship between organisational safety culture dimensions and crashes

@article{Varmazyar2016RelationshipBO,
  title={Relationship between organisational safety culture dimensions and crashes},
  author={Sakineh Varmazyar and Seyed Bagher Mortazavi and Shirazeh Arghami and Ebrahim Hajizadeh},
  journal={International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion},
  year={2016},
  volume={23},
  pages={72 - 78}
}
Knowing about organisational safety culture in public transportation system can provide an appropriate guide to establish effective safety measures and interventions to improve safety at work. The aim of this study was investigation of association between safety culture dimensions (leadership styles and company values, usage of crashes information and prevention programmes, management commitment and safety policy, participation and control) with involved self-reported crashes. The associations… 
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