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

• Autore: Antonsen Stian
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.1/16; 363.116; 363.1'16-dc22; 658.3
• Soggetto topico: Industrial safety - Management; Corporate culture
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Safety culture
• ISBN: 1-317-05985-9; 1-317-05986-7; 1-315-60749-2; 1-282-34474-9; 9786612344749; 0-7546-9394-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778429203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II