Human Safety and Risk Management

This book provides a detailed analysis of the behavioural, psychological and human dimensions of health and safety in the workplace. "The Human Side of Safety" offers clear practical advice on the way safety relates to the behaviour of individuals, groups and whole organizations. It is based on rigorous theoretical perspectives and emprirical findings and uses significant real life examples and cases. This book should be of interest to safety officers, occupational psychologists, human resource managers and general managers with a responsibility for safety or participating on a safety course; trainers, lecturers, senior students specifically studying health and safety, general management, business, HRM, personnel, organizational behaviour, psychology, engineering, environmental health and nursing studies.