Evaluation of psychosocial and organizational factors in offshore safety: A comparative study

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 545-561

  Mearns, Kathryn ^a   Rundmo, Torbjorn ^b   Flin, Rhona ^a   Gordon, Rachael ^a,c   Fleming, Mark ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c EUROCONTROL EXPERIMENTAL CENTRE   (France)

^d SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Offshore workers; Risk perception; Safety attitudes; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS; PERSONNEL; RISK PERCEPTION;

OFFSHORE SAFETY; OFFSHORE WORKERS; SAFETY ATTITUDES; SAFETY CULTURE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 2442698971     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1366987042000146193     Document Type: Article

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