The role of 'know-how' in maintenance activities and reliability in a high-risk process control plant

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-131

  Garrigou, Alain ^a   Carballeda, Gabriel ^b   Daniellou, François ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b University of Paris Cité   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Activity analysis; Know how; Maintenance; Participation; Process control plant; Reliability; Sensory modalities; Tacit knowledge; Verbal report

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; JOB ANALYSIS; MAINTENANCE; PERSONNEL; PROCESS CONTROL; RELIABILITY;

ACTIVITY ANALYSIS; PROCESS CONTROL PLANT;

ERGONOMICS;

ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OPERATOR; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0032056035     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(96)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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