Theoretical Foundations: The Organizational Context and High Reliability Theory

The current chapter provides an overview of HRT as the relevant organizational context for the intended research. Section 2.1 defines HROs, whose distinctive properties are introduced in Section 2.2. Sections 2.3 and 2.4 detail the original five dimensions of organizational mindfulness in HROs, whose refinements and adaptions are then discussed in Section 2.5.