Safety culture in Swedish air traffic control

Safety Science

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 791-811

  Ek, Åsa ^a,b   Akselsson, Roland ^a,b   Arvidsson, Marcus ^a,b   Johansson, Curt R ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air traffic control; Organizational climate; Safety climate; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; DATA ACQUISITION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CHANGE PROCESSES; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; QUESTIONNAIRE PACKAGES; RESPONDENTS; SAFETY CULTURE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC;

EID: 34250836452     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2006.08.017     Document Type: Article

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