Leading indicators of safety in virtual organizations

Safety Science

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1013-1043

  Grabowski, Martha ^a,b   Ayyalasomayajula, Premnath ^c   Merrick, Jason ^d   Harrald, John R ^e   Roberts, Karlene ^f  

^a LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident precursors; Large scale systems; Leading indicators; Network organizations; Risk; Risk mitigation; Safety; Virtual organizations

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

LEADING INDICATORS; RECOGNIZING SIGNALS; VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONS;

SECURITY OF DATA;

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 35348988091     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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