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Chronic unease for safety in managers: a conceptualisation

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  • L.S. Fruhen
  • R.H Flin
  • R. McLeod

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To achieve a high level of safety, managers of organisations in hazardous industries need to maintain a state of constant wariness towards the management of risks, often conceptualised as 'chronic unease'. Despite the prevalence of this term in the literature, there is limited evidence to enable a definition or operationalisation of this concept. To develop a better understanding of chronic unease, a literature search of articles using this term was conducted. Descriptions of chronic unease from nine articles were coded resulting in the identification of five themes: pessimism, propensity to worry, vigilance, requisite imagination and flexible thinking, as the components of chronic unease. We propose a preliminary conceptualisation of chronic unease based on these attributes, which suggests that this specific type of strain may be a desirable state for managers in relation to the control of risks.

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  • L.S. Fruhen & R.H Flin & R. McLeod, 2014. "Chronic unease for safety in managers: a conceptualisation," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(8), pages 969-979, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:17:y:2014:i:8:p:969-979
    DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2013.822924
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