Title
Man-Made Disasters: A Cross-National Analysis
Keywords
Inverted u-curve; Man-made disaster; National culture; Safety kuznet curve; Safety performance
Abstract
This research investigates the impact of national culture and several institutional factors on the safety performance of society and establishes statistically significant relationships between those variables. As expected, the research results reveal that some cultural variables such as uncertainty avoidance, gender orientation and institutional variables such as the degree of law avoidance can directly influence the safety performance of the society. The findings also support the inverted u-curve (Safety Kuznet curve) hypothesis indicating even if we expect a negative trend at the beginning stage of industrialization, we can expect a positive trend in safety performance as their income level continues to improve beyond a certain point. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Publication Date
8-1-2011
Publication Title
International Business Review
Volume
20
Issue
4
Number of Pages
466-476
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2010.08.004
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
79957889272 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/79957889272
STARS Citation
Park, Hoon, "Man-Made Disasters: A Cross-National Analysis" (2011). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 2638.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/2638