Under Pressure, Out of Control, or Home Alone? Reviewing Research and Policy Debates on the Occupational Health and Safety Effects of Outsourcing and Home-Based Work

2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 489-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Quinlan ◽  
Philip Bohle
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Health And Safety Effects ◽  
Research And Policy

Ideological Influences on Participatory Research in Occupational Health and Safety: A Review of the Literature

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Moir
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Workplace Hazards ◽  
Worker Participation ◽  
Political Ideologies ◽  
Worker Empowerment ◽  
Research And Policy

Research and policy initiatives often cite the need for greater worker participation in reducing workplace hazards. However, the meaning and methods of participation are less clearly understood. To clarify the nature of worker participation in occupational health and safety (OHS), the various traditions are deconstructed in this review of the published literature. Three traditions influencing OHS emerged from larger social forces in the late 1950s and 1960s: the Scandinavian work environment movement, the Italian Workers' Model, and the Japanese model of participative management. The review is used to create a “genealogy” of worker participation in OHS, clarifying the effect of underlying political ideologies on management control, worker empowerment, and the levels and limits of participation in practice.

scholarly journals Work fatalities, bereaved families and the enforcement of OHS legislation

2019 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 637-656
Author(s):  
Lynda R Matthews ◽  
Richard Johnstone ◽  
Michael Quinlan ◽  
Olivia Rawlings-Way ◽  
Philip Bohle
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
Community Attitudes ◽  
Considerable Research ◽  
Australian Family ◽  
Research And Policy

There has been considerable research and policy debate over the enforcement and decriminalization of occupational health and safety legislation, particularly regarding its capacity to deal with serious harm. Reference has been made to community attitudes to work fatalities, but the perspectives of those most directly affected, the bereaved families, have received little attention. Drawing on evidence from detailed interviews with 44 Australian family members, this article seeks to rectify this omission. Findings highlight the importance of investigative and prosecutorial processes to bereaved families who seek justice, some assurance that culpable behaviours are not condoned, and the implementation of measures to prevent a recurrence. However, reinforcing previous research critical of the degree of enforcement and advocating for a more readily implementable offence of industrial manslaughter, the vast majority of those interviewed were critical of the processes that occurred. Far from assisting, these processes generally left families very dissatisfied with their experiences.

scholarly journals Work environment investments: Critical elements for success in optimizing occupational health and safety effects

Work ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-116
Author(s):  
Alexis Rydell ◽  
Ing-Marie Andersson ◽  
Carl-Olof Bernsand ◽  
Gunnar Rosén
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Health And Safety Effects
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