The SAM framework: Modeling the effects of management factors on human behavior in risk analysis

Risk Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 501-515

  Murphy, Dean M ^a   Paté Cornell, M Elisabeth ^b  

^a THE BRATTLE GROUP   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

human factors; management factors; organizational factors; risk analysis; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

HUMAN AND MANAGEMENT FACTORS; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; PROBABILISTIC RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM ACTION MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK; SYSTEM FAILURE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

HAZARDOUS WASTE; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; RISK ANALYSIS; SYSTEM-ACTION-MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030217429     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1996.tb01096.x     Document Type: Article

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