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    Organizational Accidents: A Systematic Model of Production versus Protection

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    Authors
    Goh, Yang Miang
    Love, Peter
    Brown, Helen
    Spickett, Jeffery
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Goh, Y.M. and Love, P. and Brown, H. and Spickett, J. 2012. Organizational Accidents: A Systematic Model of Production versus Protection. Journal of Management Studies. 49 (1): pp. 52-76.
    Source Title
    Journal of Management Studies
    DOI
    10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00959.x
    ISSN
    1467-6486
    School
    School of Public Health
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10662
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Production pressure is often cited as an underlying contributory factor of organizational accidents. The relationship, however, between production and safety protection is complex and has not been adequately addressed by current theories regarding organizational accident. In addressing this gap, this paper uses the methodology of system dynamics to develop a causal model to address the dynamic interaction between management of production and protection, which can accumulate in an organizational accident. A case study of a fatal rock fall accident in Tasmania, Australia was conducted based on the developed model and is used to uncover the intricate dynamics linking production pressure, risk tolerability, perception of safety margin, and protection efforts. In particular, the study demonstrates how a strong production focus can trigger a vicious cycle of deteriorating risk perception and how increased protection effort can, ironically, lead to deterioration of protection.

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