This book offers a solution for the complex issue of managing
occupational safety in a multi-cultural environment. In today's
globalised labour market it is impossible to ignore cross-cultural
implications and their impact on the health and safety regime. The
research described in this book was carried out in the offshore oil and
gas sector but the findings and the proposed safety model are
transferable to other industries too. Cultural biases and shared beliefs
have an impact on the perception of risks, and the knowledge of this
correlation would give practitioners an insight into where they need to
put 'safety barriers' to reduce the likelihood of an incident occurring.