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| Author: | Osborn, R. N. Jackson, D. H. |
| Title: | Leaders, riverboat gamblers, or purposeful unintended consequences in the management of complex, dangerous technologies. |
| Journal: | Academy of Management Journal
1988 : DEC, VOL. 31:4, p. 924-947 |
| Index terms: | TECHNOLOGY NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY SAFETY RISK |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The empirical portion of the analysis examines how well a utility's investment in nuclear-generating technology and its prior earning growth predict variations in the measures of plant-operating safety. The pattern of results is consistent with three interpretations: some historically successful utilities that are heavily committed to nuclear power provide leadership, such utilities are gambling with public safety, and a general pattern of purposeful unintended consequences arising from ignorance and self-serving myths combined with the risk propensities of executives and leading to hitherto unidentified threats to public safety. |
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