The role of organizational culture and leadership in water safety plan implementation for improved risk management

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4319-4327

  Summerill, Corinna ^a   Pollard, Simon J T ^b   Smith, Jennifer A ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Integrated Earth Systems Science Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leadership; Organizational culture; Public health; Risk management; Water safety plans

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SERVICES; EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION; WATER SAFETY PLANS; WATER UTILITY;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

WATERWORKS;

WATER;

LEADERSHIP; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEADERSHIP; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAFETY PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; SAFETY;

LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77955922660     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.06.043     Document Type: Article

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