CULTURE, AUTHORITARIANISM AND COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS

This study offers indirect proof of the relationship between world aircraft accident rates and national cultural background. The most important cultural variable found in this research was authoritarianism, which can statistically explain more than half the variance in accident rates. Some evidence of authoritarianism is given for a representative case. It is shown that the 'normal' activities in the cockpit designed in the West are highly vulnerable to an authoritarian mentality. Intercultural understanding should be promoted in order to improve global safety. However, further study with more complete data is needed to draw more concrete conclusions.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Ashgate Publishing Limited

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• Authors:
  • Jing, H-S
  • Lu, C J
  • Peng, S-J
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 341-359
• Serial:
  • Human Factors and Aerospace Safety
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Limited
  • ISSN: 1468-9456
  • Serial URL: http://www.ashgate.com/subject_area/aviation/aviation_journals.htm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Air transportation crashes; Aviation safety; Civil aviation; Culture (Social sciences); Human factors; Human factors in crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Authoritarianism
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00926338
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0754609111
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 25 2002 12:00AM