The effects of risk perception and flight experience on airline pilots' locus of control with regard to safety operation behaviors

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 131-139

  You, Xuqun ^a   Ji, Ming ^a   Han, Haiyan ^b  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Flight experience; Locus of control; Risk perception; Safety operation behavior

Indexed keywords

AVIATION SAFETY; COMMERCIAL AIRLINES; FLIGHT EXPERIENCE; LOCUS OF CONTROL; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; RESEARCH TRADITIONS; SAFETY OPERATIONS; SOCIAL COGNITION;

AIRCRAFT;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SAFETY; TIME; YOUNG ADULT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; CHINA; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877734882     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.03.036     Document Type: Article

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