Assessing the maintenance unit of a nuclear power plant - identifying the cultural conceptions concerning the maintenance work and the maintenance organization

Safety Science

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 821-850

  Reiman, Teemu ^a   Oedewald, Pia ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Maintenance; Nuclear power; Organizational assessment; Organizational culture; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PERSONNEL; RISKS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SAFETY CULTURE;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK;

EID: 33748798704     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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