Advancing a sociotechnical systems approach to workplace safety – developing the conceptual framework

Ergonomics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 548-564

  Carayon, Pascale ^a   Hancock, Peter ^b   Leveson, Nancy ^c   Noy, Ian ^d   Sznelwar, Laerte ^e   van Hootegem, Geert ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

complexity; sociotechnical system; system interactions; system levels; workplace safety

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

COMPLEXITY; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; SYSTEM INTERACTIONS; SYSTEM LEVELS; WORKPLACE SAFETY;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAFETY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS THEORY; WORKPLACE;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAFETY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS THEORY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84928620749     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2015.1015623     Document Type: Article

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