Cognitive approach to construction safety: Task demand-capability model

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 881-889

  Mitropoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Cupido, Gerardo ^a   Namboodiri, Manoj ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Occupational safety; Production management; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

CAPABILITY MODEL; COGNITIVE ENGINEERING; COGNITIVE MODEL; CONSTRUCTION SAFETY; EMERGENT PROPERTY; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION PRACTICE; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SAFETY RESEARCH; SAFETY RULES; TASK DEMAND; TEAM PROCESS; TEAMWORK; WORK BEHAVIOR; WORK DESIGN;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; ECONOMICS; ERRORS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; JOB ANALYSIS; PLANNING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 69149099610     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000060     Document Type: Article

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