Safety cultural preconditions for organizational learning in high-risk organizations

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 154-163

  Nævestad, Tor Olav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LEARNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 48949095208     PISSN: 09660879     EISSN: 14685973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5973.2008.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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