Organisational learning - Reflections from the nuclear industry

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-74

  Wahlström, Björn ^a  

^a NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Models; Nuclear safety; Organisation and management; Organisational learning

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR SAFETY; ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING; PARALLEL A;

NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEARNING; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR SAFETY; OPERATOR; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77957018448     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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