@article{ref1,
title="Advancing a sociotechnical systems approach to workplace safety - developing the conceptual framework",
journal="Ergonomics",
year="2015",
author="Carayon, Pascale and Hancock, Peter and Leveson, Nancy and Noy, Ian and Sznelwar, Laerte and van Hootegem, Geert",
volume="58",
number="4",
pages="548-564",
abstract="Traditional efforts to deal with the enormous problem of workplace safety have proved insufficient, as they have tended to neglect the broader sociotechnical environment that surrounds workers. Here, we advocate a sociotechnical systems approach that describes the complex multi-level system factors that contribute to workplace safety. From the literature on sociotechnical systems, complex systems and safety, we develop a sociotechnical model of workplace safety with concentric layers of the work system, socio-organisational context and the external environment. The future challenges that are identified through the model are highlighted.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0014-0139",
doi="10.1080/00140139.2015.1015623",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2015.1015623"
}