On the ontology of safety

Safety Science

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-43

  Haavik, Torgeir K ^a  

^a NTNU SOCIAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Constructivist ontology; Foundations of safety science; Relational ontology; Theory development

Indexed keywords

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; UNDERPINNINGS;

HIGH RELIABILITY; NORMAL ACCIDENT THEORY; RESILIENCE ENGINEERINGS; SAFETY SCIENCE; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES; THEORETICAL APPROACH; THEORY DEVELOPMENT; THROUGH THE LENS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL DISCIPLINES, SCIENCE AND ART; EPISTEMOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL RESONANCE ANALYSIS METHOD; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HIGH RELIABILITY ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORMAL ACCIDENT THEORY; ONTOLOGY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RESILIENCE ENGINEERING; SAFETY; SAFETY SCIENCE; THEORY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84897031048     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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