A framework for understanding the development of organisational safety culture

Safety Science

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 551-562

  Parker, Dianne ^a   Lawrie, Matthew ^a   Hudson, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Organisations; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

OIL AND GAS COMPANY; ORGANISATIONAL CULTURES; SAFETY CULTURE; TYPOLOGY;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; EXPERIENCE; FACE VALIDITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33646507651     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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