Trust relations in high-reliability organizations

Risk Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1123-1138

  Cox, Sue ^a   Jones, Bethan ^a   Collinson, David ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and incident reporting; High reliability organizations; Safety culture; Trust

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PERSONNEL; SAFETY FACTOR;

HIGH RELIABILITY ORGANIZATIONS; INCIDENT REPORTING; SAFETY CULTURES; TRUST;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; SAFETY; WORKPLACE;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RELIABILITY; TRUST; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33750199540     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00820.x     Document Type: Article

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