Safety culture in sea and aviation transport

The research presented in this thesis investigates sea and aviation transport safety culture, with a focus on perceptions and attitudes. A safety culture reflects the attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, and values that individuals share in relation to safety. Safety culture is often identified as being essential to an organization’s ability to manage safety-related aspects of its operations. The aims of this research are: to assess individual perceptions and judgments of safety culture in practical contexts by using nine aspects of safety culture found in the safety culture literature; to increase knowledge about the safety culture aspects by conducting comparative studies in three transport branches; and to investigate relationships between safety culture aspects and organizational climate dimensions. The approach to safety culture presented in this thesis focuses on good organizational learning and investigates nine aspects: Learning, Reporting, Justness, Flexibility, Communication, Attitudes towards safety, Safety-related behaviours, Risk perception, and Working situation.

• Record URL:
  http://www.transportportal.se/ShipDocs/2013-11-14rec162001.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Lund University. Department of Design Sciences

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• Authors:
  • Ek, Åsa
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 64p
• Serial:
  • Publication of Lund University, Department of Design Sciences, Division of Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology
  • Issue Number: 18
  • Publisher: Lund University, Sweden
  • ISSN: 1650-9773

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Air traffic control; Air traffic controllers; Attitudes; Hazards; Interviewing; Perception; Safety; Ships; Theses
• ITRD Terms: 668: Air traffic control; 678: Air traffic controller; 2267: Attitude (psychol); 9147: Interview; 155: Management; 2229: Perception; 9150: Risk; 1665: Safety; 1248: Ship; 8597: Thesis
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01575316
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• ISBN: 9162866869
• Files: ITRD, VTI
• Created Date: Sep 1 2015 11:16AM