A person's personality may indicate whether or not they indulge in unproductive behavior.
An individual's work approach, performance limitations, and performance faults are directly
correlated with his or her personality type. The Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and
Compliance (DISC) personality test is one of the instruments used to identify personality
types in work behavior. The DISC test assists organizations in describing personality
characteristics, making decisions, and communicating with team members and …

Brazilian offshore drilling operations are carried out in a highly demanding and complex
working environment. The geological characteristics of the most productive Brazilian
reservoirs, located on the so-called Pre-Salt basin, actually implies for their exploration the
overcoming of water depths greater than 1,500 meters and the construction of wells that can
reach up to 7,000 meters of length. In such environment, human reliability plays a primordial
role regarding safety issues. On the same token, in the field of risk analysis, the …