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Keeping Academic Field Researchers Safe: Ethical Safeguards, Susanne Bahn
Keeping Academic Field Researchers Safe: Ethical Safeguards, Susanne Bahn
Research outputs 2012
Competent risk management is central to the ethical conduct and profitability of organisations including universities. Recent UK research highlights the risks of physical and psychological harm and emotional distress for researchers and the importance of developing strategies to deal with these issues prior to data being collected. Actual numbers of incidents of researcher harm in Australian universities are unavailable; however anecdotal evidence and Bloor et al.'s (2010) case studies suggest that this is a significant issue. They recommended risk management practices such as training about researcher safety, pre-trip security briefings, established call-back systems, working in pairs, and compulsory de-briefings are …
Moving From Contractor To Owner Operator: Impact On Safety Culture; A Case Study, Susanne Bahn
Moving From Contractor To Owner Operator: Impact On Safety Culture; A Case Study, Susanne Bahn
Research outputs 2012
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether a change in staffing contractual arrangements, specific training in hazard identification, mentoring of supervisors and the introduction of a robust safety system could improve an organisation's safety culture. How safety conditions change under contracted out labour compared to direct labour and the influence that contracting out has on organisational safety culture is explored. Design/methodology/approach – The study used a case study methodology to detail how the change occurred over a six month period in 2011. As part of the analysis a model of the change process and push-pull factors …