We introduce the concept of “dynamic safety capability”(DSC) to describe an organization's
capacity to proactively change its core safety systems in environments characterized by …

The research on organizational accidents shows that both safety culture and complex
technology make members of high‐risk organizations blind to hazards and signals of …

This study explores how strategic organizational change affects safety as an outcome
variable in a high reliability organization (HRO). High reliability organizations are defined as …

The first impulse after tragic accidents in aviation, transportation, health care, or power
generation is to label human error as the cause. Headlines continue to announce human …

Abstract Systems thought has helped managers anticipate prevent or protect against
potential crises, but the modern world also requires resilience, a generalized capacity to …

The safety management literature describes two distinct modes through which safety is
achieved. These can be described as safety management through centralized control, or …

Safety climate is a collective construct derived from individuals' shared perceptions of the
various ways that safety is valued in the workplace. Research over the past 35 years shows …

There is no one best way to improving safety performance. Rather, organizations need to
have the ability to operate in different organizational modes depending on external and …

Safety climate research has reached a mature stage of development, with a number of meta-
analyses demonstrating the link between safety climate and safety outcomes. More recently …

Research has approached the topic of safety in organizations from a number of different
perspectives. On the one hand, psychological research on safety climate gives evidence for …