Process Safety Behavioral Systems: Behaviors Interlock in Complex Metacontingencies |
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Authors: | Timothy D. Ludwig |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USAludwigtd@appstate.edu |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTThis paper seeks to identify behavioral components active in process safety. Three types of behavior classes are identified as contributors to process safety: task-specific behaviors, safety-directed behaviors, and behaviors associated with situational awareness. Behavioral systems analysis is used to provide a framework for identifying the cross-functional interlocking behavioral contingencies that can, even over a period of years, contribute to process safety incidents. Leadership behaviors are also identified that can create the context in the form of metacontingencies that maintain these interlocking contingencies. |
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Keywords: | behavioral systems analysis interlocking behavioral contingencies process safety |
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