Editorial: emerging issues in sociotechnical systems thinking and workplace safety

Ergonomics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 543-547

  Noy, Y Ian ^a   Hettinger, Lawrence J ^a   Dainoff, Marvin J ^a   Carayon, Pascale ^b   Leveson, Nancy G ^c   Robertson, Michelle M ^a   Courtney, Theodore K ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

complexity; occupational safety; sociotechnical systems

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS;

COMPLEXITY; INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RESEARCH PRIORITIES; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; STATE-OF-THE ART REVIEWS; TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS; WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; RESEARCH; SAFETY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESEARCH; SAFETY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 84928644203     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2014.1001445     Document Type: Article

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