Measuring safety climate in aviation: A review and recommendations for the future

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-138

  O'Connor, Paul ^a   O'Dea, Angela ^b   Kennedy, Quinn ^b   Buttrey, Samuel E ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviation; Safety climate; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT RATE; AVIATION SAFETY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; HIGH RELIABILITY ORGANIZATIONS; OPERATIONAL QUALITY; SAFETY CLIMATE; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY;

CIVIL AVIATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SURVEYS;

MILITARY AVIATION;

AVIATION; CLIMATE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 78049444742     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.10.001     Document Type: Review

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