Not working to rule: Understanding procedural violations at work

Safety Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-95

  Lawton, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); JOB ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS;

WORK VIOLATIONS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032030221     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(97)00073-8     Document Type: Article

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