Human and organizational factors affecting safety and accident potential of large-scale technological systems (e.g., chemical processing or nuclear power plants) in the contexts of both developed and developing countries are investigated. It is concluded that the critical areas in need of serious attention (and further research) should include: Considering local user population's attributes, considering physical environmental conditions affecting operators' safety and performance, considering the effects of cultural and religious variables, employing more adaptive managerial and organizational systems, and determining the appropriated level of needed requisite variety and other organizational control mechanism. The yields and potential applications of this type of research are enumerated.
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