Safety culture factors, group differences, and risk perception in five petrochemical plants

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-152

  Kao, Chen Shan ^a   Lai, Wei Hung ^b   Chuang, Tien Fu ^b   Lee, Jin Chuan ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b China General Plastics Corp   (Taiwan)

^c SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Risk perception; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; SAFETY CULTURE;

SAFETY FACTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY FACTOR; SURVEYS;

EID: 44649105112     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: 15475913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.10246     Document Type: Article

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