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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778429203321

Autore

Antonsen Stian

Titolo

Safety culture : theory, method and improvement / / Stian Antonsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2009

ISBN

1-317-05985-9

1-317-05986-7

1-315-60749-2

1-282-34474-9

9786612344749

0-7546-9394-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

363.1/16

363.116

363.1'16-dc22

658.3

Soggetti

Industrial safety - Management

Corporate culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 Culture and Safety; 3 Different Perspectives on Organizational Culture; 4 Safety Culture and Power; 5 Assessing Safety Culture; 6 An Empirical Case Study - Safety Culture on Offshore Supply Vessels; 7 Improving Safety Through a Cultural Approach - Limitations, Constraints and Possibilities; 8 Conclusions; References; Index; Name Index

Sommario/riassunto

The aim of this book is to show how a cultural approach can contribute to the assessment, description and improvement of safety conditions in organizations. The relationship between organizational culture and safety, epitomized through the concept of 'safety culture', has undoubtedly become one of the hottest topics of both safety research and practical efforts to improve safety. By combining a general framework and five research projects, the author explores and further



develops the theoretical, methodological and practical basis of the study of safety culture. What are the theoretical founda