National cultures and safety orientation: A study of seafarers working for Norwegian shipping companies

Work and Stress

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-195

  Håvold, Jon Ivar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hofstede's dimensions; National cultures; Risk; Safety at sea; Safety culture; Safety orientation; Seafaring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; ITALY; LATVIA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPAL; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; PHILIPPINES; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; ROMANIA; SAILOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SRI LANKA; THAILAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34447134929     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370701424594     Document Type: Article

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