Kusum Lata

Publications

• Review   
  A transactional approach of occupational stress and behaviour pivotal to human error and leadership in Maritime
  Author(s): Vineet Kaur Sandhu* and Kusum Lata
  
  Maritime is a safety-critical industry with total commitment to safety in all shipping operations. New technological advancements in the maritime industry create new kinds of failures and accidents. Although the total number of marine casualties and incidents has steadied over the last few years [1], they raise an ever-growing safety concern of 'human error' being a recurrent contributing factor. Further, the high cost of wreck removal and rising insurance claims also highlight crew negligence as a growing problem. The review of international maritime literature gives evidence of human element essential for the shipping business's safety and efficiency, various maritime factors are posing challenges to the health, safety and environment at sea. Studies into human error have highlighted active and latent failures at different levels, the individual's pre-existing condit.. Read More»
  

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