Traffic culture as symbol exchange - A cross-country comparison of Russia and Norway

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1261-1267

  Rundmo, Torbjørn ^a   Granskaya, Juliana ^b   Klempe, Hroar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards safety; Cultural theory; Culture; Risk perception; Traffic safety culture

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; CULTURAL THEORY; DRIVING BEHAVIOUR; GAIN INSIGHT; MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; PERCEIVED RISK; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; RISK BEHAVIOUR; RISK RESEARCH; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAFFIC SAFETY CULTURE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CELL CULTURE; RESEARCH; RISK PERCEPTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRIVING ABILITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SYMBOL EXCHANGE; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 84857227863     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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