Safety management systems: Performance differences between adopters and non-adopters

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-162

  Bottani, Eleonora ^a   Monica, Luigi ^b   Vignali, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ISPESL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Empirical investigation; Hypotheses testing; Safety management systems

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TRAINING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; SAFETY TESTING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CORRECTIVE ACTIONS; DATA UPDATING; EMPIRICAL DATUMS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS; EMPLOYEES TRAININGS; HYPOTHESES TESTING; IDENTIFICATION OF RISKS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; SECURITY GOALS;

SECURITY OF DATA;

ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; TRAINING;

EID: 56949103271     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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