Studying organisational cultures and their effects on safety

Safety Science

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 875-889

  Hopkins, Andrew ^a  

^a National Research Centre for OHS Regulation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Major accident inquiries; Organisational culture; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS;

CULTURE; MAJOR ACCIDENT INQUIRIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SAFETY CULTURE;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SAFETY; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; ETHNOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 33750295472     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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