Safety Culture and High-Risk Environments - A Leadership Perspective

List of contents

Preface
Author
Section I
Chapter 1 Understanding Organizational Factors in High-Risk Environments
Chapter 2 Review of the Literature
Chapter 3 Case Study Exploring Leadership, Work Team Engagement, and Safety Performance in a High-Risk Work Environment
Section II
Chapter 4 Creating the Capacity for Organizational Resilience
Chapter 5 Toolkit for Assessing and Monitoring Leadership and Safety Culture
References
Appendix: Example Assessment of Leadership and Safety Culture at a Chemical Facility
Index

About the author

Cindy L. Caldwell is currently a senior technical advisor for Environmental, Health, and Safety at a DOE National Laboratory. Her work includes understanding and evaluating operational culture, organizational reliability and risk management. Ms. Caldwell is certified by the American Board of Health Physics, has a BS in Bacteriology, an MS in Radiological Science and a PhD in Human and Organizational Systems.

Summary

This book provides leaders in high risk industries a better understanding of how their values and behaviors can influence the organization's safety culture and improve its capacity to bounce back from failure.

Product details

• Authors: Cindy L. Caldwell, L. CALDWELL, Cindy L. Caldwell
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781138105249
• ISBN: 978-1-138-10524-9
• No. of pages: 129
• Series: Sustainable Improvements in Environment Safety and Health; Sustainable Improvements in Environment Safety and Health
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Quality Control, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Engineering, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Quality Control, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, Health & safety issues