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This article aims to explore and analyze the evidences of the studies about SC improvement in the industrial field. A bibliographic search was made at different databases using the terms “Safety Culture” and “Improvement”. Following the exclusion of the duplicates and applying the inclusion criteria, thirteen articles were reviewed by the authors, which allowed to assess mainly common themes to summarize the main conclusions. This review shows that communication is a key element for developing SC, and also that the fear of punishment and the difficulties in managing a reporting system are the main difficulties to improve it. To outline, this systematic review showed that despite a diversity of conceptions and practices related to the improvement of the Safety Culture, it is possible to identify some common elements. However, further research should be developed to deepen the knowledge about the topics discussed in this paper.
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de Castro Moura Duarte, F.J., Alonso, C.M.d.C., Gallier, U., Prado Mercado, M. (2019). Improvement of Safety Culture in Industry: A Systematic Review. In: Arezes, P. (eds) Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors. AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 791. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94589-7_20
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