TY - GEN
T1 - Multi-dimensional measurement perspective in modeling organizational safety risk
AU - Mohaghegh, Z.
AU - Mosleh, A.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - There are a number of technical challenges in developing a predictive causal model of organizational safety performance. Among these is the lack of a widely accepted and theoretically sound set of principles on which such model could be developed and validated. In a multidisciplinary effort to explore the feasibility of developing such principles, the authors came to the realization that causal models need to be sensitive to the way the causal factors are measured. This is the focus of the present paper. First, the conceptual relation between theories, measures, and reality are discussed in the context of causal modeling. Next, a new framework for developing organizational safety causal models is briefly described. The purpose is to use the framework to facilitate the discussion on measurement, and propose a multi-dimensional measurement perspective.
AB - There are a number of technical challenges in developing a predictive causal model of organizational safety performance. Among these is the lack of a widely accepted and theoretically sound set of principles on which such model could be developed and validated. In a multidisciplinary effort to explore the feasibility of developing such principles, the authors came to the realization that causal models need to be sensitive to the way the causal factors are measured. This is the focus of the present paper. First, the conceptual relation between theories, measures, and reality are discussed in the context of causal modeling. Next, a new framework for developing organizational safety causal models is briefly described. The purpose is to use the framework to facilitate the discussion on measurement, and propose a multi-dimensional measurement perspective.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:56149124874
SN - 0415447860
SN - 9780415447867
T3 - Proceedings of the European Safety and Reliability Conference 2007, ESREL 2007 - Risk, Reliability and Societal Safety
SP - 1497
EP - 1504
BT - Proceedings of the European Safety and Reliability Conference 2007, ESREL 2007 - Risk, Reliability and Societal Safety
T2 - European Safety and Reliability Conference 2007, ESREL 2007 - Risk, Reliability and Societal Safety
Y2 - 25 June 2007 through 27 June 2007
ER -