Three Competing Paradigms: Vertical and Horizontal Integration of Safety Culture Research

Kim, Seo Yong; Wang, Jae Sun

doi:10.1080/12294659.2009.10805156

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“…Studies single out the importance of such features as training, extensive communication on the importance of safety, low thresholds for reporting incidents, flexible employees who are able to learn, and protections for whistle-blowers in creating a safety culture (e.g., see Flin et al, 2000;Reason, 1998Reason, , 2000Silbey, 2009). However, this work has been criticized for its inability to demonstrate causal relationships between such features and safety performance, a lack of conceptual clarity as to what, exactly, constitutes a safety culture, and a neglect of inequalities in power and authority and competing sets of legitimate interests in organizations (Clarke, 2000;Kim & Wang, 2009;Silbey, 2009). Another example of work that directly or indirectly attends to the notion of a risk culture are studies of 'high-reliability' organizations (HROs) such as aircraft carriers, chemical plants, health care teams and nuclear energy plants (e.g., Bierly & Spender, 1995;Bigley & Roberts, 2001;Klein et al, 1995).…”

Section: Organizing Risk Through Risk Culturementioning

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Organizing Risk: Organization and Management Theory for the Risk Society

Hardy

Maguire

Power

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Risk has become a crucial part of organizing, affecting a wide range of organizations in all sectors. We identify, review and integrate diverse literatures relevant to organizing risk, building on an existing framework that describes how risk is organized in three 'modes' -prospectively, in realtime, and retrospectively. We then identify three critical issues in the existing literature: its fragmented nature; its neglect of the tensions associated with each of the modes; and its tendency to assume that the meaning of an object in relation to risk is singular and stable. We provide a series of new insights with regard to each of these issues. First, we develop the concept of a risk cycle that shows how organizations engage with all three modes and transition between them over time. Second, we explain why the tensions have been largely ignored and show how studies using a risk work perspective can provide further insights into them. Third, we develop the concept of risk translation to highlight the ways in the meanings of risks can be transformed and to identify the political consequences of such translations. We conclude the paper with a research agenda to elaborate these insights and ideas further.

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Section: Organizing Risk Through Risk Culturementioning

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Organizing Risk: Organization and Management Theory for the Risk Society

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Maguire

Power

et al. 2020

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“…The relation between fatalism and risk perception has not been widely examined (Marris, Langford, and O'Riordan 1998). However, studies found that higher perceived risk may be associated with fatalistic thinking (Salazar and Walsh 2006;Kim and Wang 2009).…”

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Communication and knowledge as motivators: understanding Singaporean women’s perceived risks of breast cancer and intentions to engage in preventive measures

Lee

Chow

et al. 2013

Journal of Risk Research

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As breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among women in Singapore, encouraging them to engage in preventive measures becomes increasingly important. This study aims to take a closer look at the influence of attention to media, interpersonal communication, news elaboration, and knowledge on women's (aged between 30 and 70) perceived risks of breast cancer and their intentions to engage in preventive measures in Singapore. Attention to media, frequency of interpersonal communication, fatalistic belief, and knowledge structure density were found to be associated with risk perception of breast cancer among Singaporean women. Findings also showed that frequency of interpersonal communication, risk perception, elaboration, and factual knowledge were positively associated with women's intentions to take up preventive measures such as breast selfexamination, clinical breast examination, and mammography. Implications for theory and practice were discussed.

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Social Equity in Urban Development the Leipzig Experience

García-Zamor

2009

International Review of Public Administration

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Three Competing Paradigms: Vertical and Horizontal Integration of Safety Culture Research

Cited by 5 publications

References 35 publications

Organizing Risk: Organization and Management Theory for the Risk Society

Organizing Risk: Organization and Management Theory for the Risk Society

Communication and knowledge as motivators: understanding Singaporean women’s perceived risks of breast cancer and intentions to engage in preventive measures

Social Equity in Urban Development the Leipzig Experience

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