Perceptions of Danger, Risk Taking, and Outcomes in a Remote Community
On the surface, the severity of the Antarctic environment is sufficient to account for the injury rates that might occur there. However, it is argued that injury occurrence is the outcome of multiple factors. A number of such factors, both in the nature of work in the Antarctic and in the characteri...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/00139160021972423 2024-06-16T07:35:08+00:00 Perceptions of Danger, Risk Taking, and Outcomes in a Remote Community Burns, Robin Sullivan, Peter 2000 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00139160021972423 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00139160021972423 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Environment and Behavior volume 32, issue 1, page 32-71 ISSN 0013-9165 1552-390X journal-article 2000 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/00139160021972423 2024-05-19T13:08:51Z On the surface, the severity of the Antarctic environment is sufficient to account for the injury rates that might occur there. However, it is argued that injury occurrence is the outcome of multiple factors. A number of such factors, both in the nature of work in the Antarctic and in the characteristics of the human beings who work there are reviewed. An area that has received little attention is individual risk perceptions. It is contended that risk perceptions need to be taken into account when assessing the contributing factors to individual risk taking, as measured by accidents that occur. The literature on risk perceptions is reviewed as a precursor to an empirical study of risk perceptions and injuries at an Antarctic station. The referent for expeditioner practice and home comparisons is Australia. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic SAGE Publications Antarctic The Antarctic Environment and Behavior 32 1 32 71 |
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On the surface, the severity of the Antarctic environment is sufficient to account for the injury rates that might occur there. However, it is argued that injury occurrence is the outcome of multiple factors. A number of such factors, both in the nature of work in the Antarctic and in the characteristics of the human beings who work there are reviewed. An area that has received little attention is individual risk perceptions. It is contended that risk perceptions need to be taken into account when assessing the contributing factors to individual risk taking, as measured by accidents that occur. The literature on risk perceptions is reviewed as a precursor to an empirical study of risk perceptions and injuries at an Antarctic station. The referent for expeditioner practice and home comparisons is Australia. |
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