Human safety and risk management. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: A. Ian Glendon, Sharon G. Clarke, and Eugene McKenna.
• Other Names: Glendon, A. Ian, 1945-; Clarke, Sharon, 1968-; McKenna, Eugene F
• Contents: Introduction ; Establishing the Field; Emerging Issues in OHS Research and Practice Risk models and risk management ; Introduction; First-Order Concepts/Approaches to Risk; Expanded/Developed Approaches to Risk; Meta-Approaches to Risk; Further Discussion; From sensation and perception through motivation and behavior; Introduction; Sensation and the Human Senses; Perceptual Organization and Interpretation; Attention and Vigilance; Causal Attribution; Behavioral Approach to Motivation; Motivating for Safety; Conclusions Human error and human factors ; Introduction; Human Error; Categorizing Human Error; Error Occurrence and Detection; Human Factors; Interface Design; Techniques for Reducing Human Error/Increasing Human Reliability; Conclusions Personality and risk liability ; Introduction; Models of Personality and the “Big Five”; Accident Proneness; “Big-Five” Personality Characteristics and Injury Liability; Risk Propensity; Individual Differences in Error Liability; Personality at Work; Conclusions Attitudes, values, and risk behaviors ; Introduction; Understanding Attitudes; The Nature of Attitudes; Attitudes Toward Safety and Risk; Attitudes and Behavior: Some Theoretical Perspectives; More Complex Approaches to Attitude –Behavior Links; Attitude Change; Safety Climate and Safety Attitudes; Conclusions The role of stress in safety and risk ; Introduction; Theoretical Models of Stress; Workplace Stressors and Injuries; Individual Differences and Job Stress; Mechanisms Linking Stress with Injuries; Stress Interventions; Conclusions Managing teams for safe performance ; Introduction; Functions and Benefits of Groups; Formation and Types of Groups; Team Effectiveness; Safety Committee Effectiveness; Barriers to Team Effectiveness; Managing Effective Work Teams; Conclusions; Leading and supervising for safe performance; Introduction; Leadership Theories; New Leadership Theories; Leadership Failures; Leadership Ethics; Conclusions Managing human risks ; Introduction; A Risk Management Approach; HR Practices Associated with Occupational Health and Safety; Managing Safety Risks: An Integrated Approach; Conclusions Safety culture ; Introduction; Defining Safety Culture; Theoretical Models of Safety Culture; Approaches to Developing and Measuring Safety Culture; Changing Towards a Positive Safety Culture; Safety Culture and Risk Management; Conclusions Risk management — conclusions ; Staged Approaches to Managing Safety Risks; Beyond a Standards Approach; Integrating Individual and Organizational Adaptive Features; Beyond Prevention; References
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (500 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 158.7; Employees -- Health risk assessment; Job stress; Psychology, Industrial; Quality of work life; Risk management; Psychologie du travail; Stress dû au travail; Qualité de la vie au travail; Personnel -- Risques pour la santé -- Évaluation; Gestion du risque; PSYCHOLOGY -- Industrial & Organizational Psychology; Employees -- Health risk assessment; Job stress; Psychology, Industrial; Quality of work life; Risk management; Psychology, Industrial; Risk Management; Safety Management; Humans; Psicología industrial; Estrés laboral; Calidad de vida en el trabajo; Empleados -- Evaluación de riesgos contra la salud; Administración de riesgos; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0849330904; 9780849330902; 9781420004687; 1420004689
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.