Testing a tri-partite contingent model of engineering cultures: A pilot study

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1040-1049

  Murphy, Glen D ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Engineering assets; Organizational culture; Performance; Safety

Indexed keywords

BEST PRACTICE; CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; CULTURAL VALUE; ENGINEERING ASSETS; ENGINEERING CULTURE; ENGINEERING MANAGERS; INTERPERSONAL SKILLS; MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENTS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES; PILOT STUDIES;

ENGINEERING; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; LUBRICATION; MAINTENANCE; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 77953911430     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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