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The Organizational Safety Culture Assessment

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Human Systems Engineering and Design (IHSED 2018)

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 876))

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The article aims to present a propose model for the safety culture assessment (diagnosis and analysis). The model is based on the previous research conclusions that were integrated and aligned to the specificity of Romanian legislative framework and by consider relevant dimensions as: knowledge base, psychological influence and legal compliance together with their relationships among the norm system, the safety management system and the safety culture. The model has been designed to facilitate the safety culture weaknesses identification by employees and managers of different hierarchy levels. The experimental research will demonstrate how knowledge acquisition and structuring about the organizational safety culture can support the elaboration and implementation of appropriate preventive-corrective measures in the organization.

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  1. Department of Management, Politehnica University of Timisoara, 300191, Timisoara, Romania

    Alin Gaureanu, Anca Draghici, Corina Dufour & Hugo Weinschrott

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  1. Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Tareq Ahram

  2. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Waldemar Karwowski

  3. Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France

    Redha Taiar

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Gaureanu, A., Draghici, A., Dufour, C., Weinschrott, H. (2019). The Organizational Safety Culture Assessment. In: Ahram, T., Karwowski, W., Taiar, R. (eds) Human Systems Engineering and Design. IHSED 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 876. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02053-8_111

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