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The nature of safety culture: a review of theory and research

F. W. GULDENMUND
2000

This paper reviews the literature on safety culture and safety climate. The main emphasis is on applied research customary in the social psychological or organisational psychological traditions.

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Risking safety or safely risking? Healthcare professionals’ understanding of risk-taking in everyday work

Konstantinos ARFANIS, James SHILLITO et Andrew F. SMITH
2011

Risk is seen as something subjective, or rather as part of the ‘‘lived experiences’’ of healthcare professionals. Results from this study indicate that the vast majority of healthcare professionals understand risk as something intrinsic to healthcare..

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Action versus inaction: anticipated affect in the theory of planned behavior

Icek AJZEN et Sana SHEIKH
2013

Theory of planned behavior (TPB) variables and anticipated affect were assessed in relation to drinking and avoiding alcohol and in relation to eating and avoiding fast food.

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The Relationship Between Safety Attitudes and Occupational Accidents: The Role of Safety Climate

J.M. THOMAS, A CHEYNE et A. OLIVIER
2011

This research provides empirical evidence on the relationships between employee attitudes to safety issues and accident indicators in a Spanish context. The research attempts to review to what degree those attitudes reflect a collective, or shared, climat

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Promoting safety by increasing uncertainty – Implications for risk management

Gudela GROTE
2014

Recent developments in risk assessment acknowledge the need to capture both quantitative and qualitative uncertainties in order to better understand and manage risks. This paper goes a step further yet by arguing that existing uncertainties do not only h

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Fatalism and its implications for risky road use and receptiveness to safety messages: a qualitative investigation in Pakistan

A. KAYANI, M.J. KING et J.J. FLEITER
2012

Qualitative research was undertaken with a range of drivers, religious orators, police and policy makers. Findings indicate that fatalistic beliefs are pervasive in Pakistan, are strongly linked with religion..

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Islamic Fatalism and the Clash of Civilizations: An Appraisal of a Contentious and Dubious Theory

Gabriel A. ACEVEDO
2008

This paper will address the question of Islamic fatalism. Survey data will be used to assess Samuel P. Huntington's controversial "Clash of Civilizations" thesis and its emphasis on fatalism as an inherent characteristic of Islamic religion..

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Superstition, risk-taking and risk perception of accidents among South African taxi drivers

Karl PELTZER et Walter RENNER
2003

The aim of this study was to investigate taxi drivers’ superstition and risk perception of accidents as well as risk-taking in an urban area in South Africa. One hundred and thirty drivers of minibuses, so-called “taxis” were interviewed on the basis of:

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Low rates of child restraint system use in cars may be due to fatalistic beliefs and other factors

Khier OMARI et Orna BARON-EPEL
2013

Restraining children in cars has proven to save lives during car crashes. However, not all drivers of cars with children in them comply with the law regarding child restraint system (CRS) use. The aim of this study was to measure the rate of child and a

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Beliefs and the Perception of Risks and Accidents

D. R. KOUABENAN
1998

This article presents a certain number of thoughts and results based upon research camed out on causal attributions of traffic accidents in The Ivory Coast (West Africa) and discusses the importance of culture in risk-taking and accident prevention

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