Universal Journal of Management Vol. 4(11), pp. 644 - 649
DOI: 10.13189/ujm.2016.041107
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Safety Culture - The Hard Rock that Turns Back Our Spade?

Ulrike Bollmann ^*
Institute for Work and Health of the DGUV Koenigsbruecker Landstr. 2, 01109 Dresden, Germany

ABSTRACT

Safety culture is the springboard for developing a culture of prevention. Without safety (Vision Zero) there can be no culture of prevention. However, the dominant functionalist approaches to safety culture fall short. Human action cannot be understood exclusively rationally or by being reduced to behaviour. A culture of prevention exists nowhere else but in human actions, in this "between" that exists between humans and that humans create as a common sphere of action. Further development of a culture of prevention through the concept of safety culture requires qualitative field research.

KEYWORDS
Safety Culture, Culture of Prevention, Action, Behaviour, Qualitative Research

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Ulrike Bollmann , "Safety Culture - The Hard Rock that Turns Back Our Spade?," Universal Journal of Management, Vol. 4, No. 11, pp. 644 - 649, 2016. DOI: 10.13189/ujm.2016.041107.

(b). APA Format:
Ulrike Bollmann (2016). Safety Culture - The Hard Rock that Turns Back Our Spade?. Universal Journal of Management, 4(11), 644 - 649. DOI: 10.13189/ujm.2016.041107.