The relationship between culture and safety on offshore supply vessels

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1118-1128

  Antonsen, Stian ^a  

^a NTNU SOCIAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Occupational culture; Organizational culture; Power; Safety culture; Seamanship

Indexed keywords

OCCUPATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER; SAFETY CULTURE; SEAMANSHIP;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; SHIPS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAILOR; SHIPPING; VESSEL;

EID: 67349243640     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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