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An examination of different safety cultures in a nuclear processing plant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2002

JOAN HARVEY ,
GEORGE ERDOS ,
HELEN BOLAM  and
DAVID GREGORY
JOAN HARVEY
Affiliation:
School of Management, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, England. Email: [email protected]
GEORGE ERDOS
Affiliation:
School of Management, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, England. Email: [email protected]
HELEN BOLAM
Affiliation:
School of Management, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, England. Email: [email protected]
DAVID GREGORY
Affiliation:
School of Management, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, England. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

In a nuclear processing plant, four departments were compared using a 60-item questionnaire measuring safety attitudes and beliefs including the perception of managers' attitudes and behaviour, communication and risk-taking, and attitudes to taking personal responsibility for safety. Results suggest some differences at the conceptual level in addition to departmental differences and large grade differences. It is proposed that there are certainly two and possibly more differing safety cultures within this organization. The implications of this are discussed in terms of policy.

Type
Technical Article
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Risk, Decision and Policy , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , April 2002 , pp. 69 - 80
Copyright
© Risk Decision and Policy, 2002

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