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Citation

Rosness R. Safety Sci. 2009; 47(6): 899-901.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ssci.2008.10.016

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper provides a classification and discussion of the empirical cases presented in this special issue. The cases are classified according to the dimensions "proximity to hazard" and "level of authority". The majority of cases concern decision-making at the blunt end, i.e. removed in space and causal distance from the sources of hazard. The papers show that many decision processes at the blunt end are characterized by various forms of bounded rationality, but there is one notable exception. Normative evaluations of the goodness of the observed decisions processes are absent in several papers. This suggests that there may be a need to clarify the normative basis for research-based advice on decision-making.

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