Human Safety and Risk Management: A Psychological Perspective, Third Edition

The third edition of a bestseller, Human Safety and Risk Management: A Psychological Perspective incorporates a decade of new research and development to provide you with a comprehensive and contemporary guide to the psychology of risk and workplace safety. A major enhancement is reflected in the new subtitle for the book, A Psychological Perspective, which highlights both the expertise of the authors and also confirms the predominantly psychological orientation of the revised text.New in the Third Edition: State-of-the-art theory reviews, research findings, and practical applications New chapter on impact that sensor technologies have on approaches to safety and risk in contemporary society Enhanced chapters on key issues around sensing danger, risk perception, error detection, safety culture, risk management, leadership, teams, and stress management This book discusses how people perceive and manage risks and how to make the workplace a safer place. It examines the influence of individual factors on safety, as well as team and organizational factors at work, from a psychological perspective. It also highlights changes in safety due to the changing workplace, globalization, and managing employees' safety and health beyond the workplace - a challenge that many organizations have yet to address. Reflecting current scientific research across a range of disciplines as it applies to human safety and risk management, this book helps you meet the challenges posed by the rapidly evolving workplace.

About the Author

Sharon Clarke is Professor of Organizational Psychology at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK. She gained a First Class BA degree in Psychology (Manchester, 1990) and PhD in Organizational Psychology (Manchester, 1993), before becoming a lecturer in Applied Psychology at Aston University, and later joined UMIST (now the University of Manchester) in 1996. She has research interests in safety culture, safety climate, leadership, personality, occupational stress, well-being and health. Her work has been widely published in leading academic and practitioner journals, national and international conferences, and co-authored and edited books. She has held a number of funded research grants, including from the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, UK government grants and industry funding. She is currently Associate Editor for the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology and the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and is on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Stress Management.