Measuring maintenance culture and maintenance core task with CULTURE-questionnaire - A case study in the power industry

Safety Science

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 859-889

  Reiman, T ^a   Oedewald, P ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Maintenance organisations; Maintenance work; Organisational culture; Survey methodology

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OPTIMIZATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

HUMAN ERRORS; MAINTENANCE CULTURE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 4043083498     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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