Perspectives on safety: The impact of group membership, work factors and trust on safety performance in UK and Norwegian drilling company employees

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1062-1072

  Tharaldsen, J E ^a   Mearns, K J ^b   Knudsen, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Functional aspects of trust and distrust with regards to safety; Oil and gas industry offshore; Relations between group membership; Self reported safety performance; Work factors and trust on safety performance

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS; GROUP MEMBERSHIPS; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; SAFETY PERFORMANCE;

GAS INDUSTRY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PERSONNEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; ROTATION;

WELL DRILLING;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORKER; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77953611020     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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