A cross-cultural study of organizational factors on safety: Japanese vs. Taiwanese oil refinery plants

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-34

  Hsu, Shang Hwa ^a   Lee, Chun Chia ^a   Wu, Muh Cherng ^a   Takano, Kenichi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Occupational safety; Oil refinery industry; Safety climate; Safety culture; Safety management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; PERSONNEL; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; SAFETY ACTIVITIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING (SEM);

SAFETY FACTOR;

FUEL OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; SAFETY; TAIWAN;

ADULT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FEMALE; FUEL OILS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TAIWAN;

EID: 38149008095     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.03.020     Document Type: Article

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