Diagnosis of safety culture: A replication and extension towards assessing "safe" organizational change processes

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 450-460

  Grote, Gudela ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Change management; Safety audit; Safety culture; Safety management

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONNEL; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CHANGE MANAGEMENT; SAFETY AUDIT; SAFETY CULTURE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SELF ESTEEM; WORKLOAD;

EID: 38949185277     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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