'Surviving the rigs': Safety and surveillance on North Sea oil installations

Organization Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 579-600

  Collinson, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concealment and declassification of accidents; Impression management and performances; Performance assessment; Safety; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039850133     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840699204003     Document Type: Article

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