Search for dissertations about: "safety climate"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 69 swedish dissertations containing the words safety climate.
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1. Constructing Safety: Influence of Safety Climate and Psychological Climate on Safety Behaviour in Construction Industry
Abstract : Although, significant progress has been made in improving occupational safety in construction industry the number of deaths and injuries are still unacceptably high. In the recent years, extensive research on safety climate, part of the organisational climate research body, has been perfromed. READ MORE
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2. Constructing Safety - Workplace Safety in Construction Industry with Emphasis on Safety Climate and Empirical Base in a Large Construction Project
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3. Safety leadership in the construction industry : Managing safety at Swedish and Danish construction sites
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to identify and describe essential components of safety leadership behavior in the construction industry in Sweden and Denmark. The methods used were semi-structured interviews, cross-sectional and longitudinal questionnaire studies, and behavioral observations. READ MORE
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4. Safety as a process : From risk perception to safety activity
Abstract : The frequency of occupational accidents in the Swedish food industry and agriculture is high. This thesis has therefore explored the 'process of safety' in order to detect and analyse factors that either hinder or facilitate safety activity and to further develop intervention methods towards increased safety activity. READ MORE
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5. Open the door to complexity : Safety climate and work processes in the operating room
Abstract : A complex adaptive system such as the operating room (OR), consists of different safety cultures, sub-cultures and ways of working. When measuring, a strong safety climate has been associated with lower rates of surgical complications. Teamwork is an important factor of safety climate. READ MORE