Document Type

Article

Original Publication Date

2014

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Decision Analysis

Volume

11

Issue

2

First Page

105

Last Page

116

DOI

10.1287/deca.2014.0291

Comments

Published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/deca.2014.0291.

Date of Submission

May 2015

Abstract

Considerable research has been performed to develop leading indicators of safety performance. We use value-focused thinking to understand the objectives and evaluation measures that frame a particular safety-related decision within an organization. These decisions are part of the safety culture. Our research partners were two oil shipping companies; we surveyed crewmembers on their tankers to evaluate performance in each decision objective on their vessel. We demonstrate that measurements of the achievement of these objectives are related to future safety performance and thus provide leading indicators of safety.

Rights

© 2014 INFORMS. This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication as Jason R. W. Merrick, Martha Grabowski (2014) Decision Performance and Safety Performance: A Value-Focused Thinking Study in the Oil Industry. Decision Analysis 11(2):105-116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/deca.2014.0291

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VCU Statistical Sciences and Operations Research Publications

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