The ‘new view’ of human error. Origins, ambiguities, successes and critiques.

Jean Christophe Le Coze

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The ‘new view’ of human error. Origins, ambiguities, successes and critiques.

September 14, 2022

Le Coze JC. Saf Sci. 2022;154:105853.

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Safety science can be conceptualized in numerous ways, such as resilience engineering (RE) or cognitive systems engineering (CSE). This article describes the origins of the “new view” in safety science, ambiguities surrounding the term, and successes and critiques. Dr. Sidney Dekker, who coined the term “new view,” was interviewed for a PSNet Perspective in 2013.

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