Broken components versus broken systems: why it is systems not people that lose situation awareness

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 179-183

  Salmon, Paul M ^a   Walker, G H ^b   Stanton, N A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident analysis; Safety; Situation awareness

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS; KEY ISSUES; SITUATION AWARENESS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84939980703     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-015-0324-4     Document Type: Article

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