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- Nygren, Magnus, et al.
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Safety and Multi-employer Worksites in High-risk Industries : An Overview
- 2017
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In: Relations Industrielles - Industrial Relations. - : Universite Laval - Departement des Relations Industrielles. - 0034-379X .- 1703-8138. ; 72:2, s. 223-245
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this paper, workplace safety in high-risk industries is explored in relation to outsourcing and multi-employer worksites. Relevant industries in this case are those that traditionally have been high-risk due to hazards in the physical work environment and the occurrence of unsafe work processes and practices, such as construction, mining and petroleum production. After conducting a comprehensive literature review, we compile a number of key terms and concepts that have been the subject of interest among researchers and divide them into three broad categories: 1- contract work characteristics; 2- structural/organizational factors and conditions; 3- cultural conditions. We conclude by discussing the results in terms of challenges for safety in these shared work settings as well as suggest directions for future research.
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- Viitasara, Eija, et al.
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Multiple risk factors for violence to seven occupational groups in the Swedish caring sector
- 2003
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In: Relations Industrielles - Industrial Relations. - : Consortium Erudit. - 0034-379X .- 1703-8138. ; 58:2, s. 202-231
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Violence towards health-care personnel represent an in-creasing problem, but little is known in terms of how differentoccupational groups are affected. A questionnaire was sent to astratified sample of 2,800 of 173,000 employees in the Swedishmunicipal health and welfare sector. Seven major groups workingwith the elderly or persons with developmental disabilities wereconsidered: administrators, nursing specialists, supervisors, directcarers, nursing auxiliaries, assistant nurses, and personal assist-ants. The response rate was 85 percent. Fifty-one percent ofrespondents reported exposure to violence or threats of violenceover one year. The most vulnerable groups were assistant nursesand direct carers (usually of the developmentally disabled). Indi-vidual characteristics, such as age and organizational tenure, wererelated to exposure. Work-related characteristics, such as type ofworkplace, working full-time with clients, organizationaldownsizing, and high workload, were also associated with risk.Greater knowledge of impacts on different professional groups andrelevant prevention are required.
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- Vaez, M, et al.
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Abusive events at work among young working adults - Magnitude of the problem and its effect on self-rated health
- 2004
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In: RELATIONS INDUSTRIELLES-INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. - : Consortium Erudit. - 0034-379X. ; 59:3, s. 569-584
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The study examines the incidence of abusive events at work and compares the self-rated health (SRH) assessments of young workers according to whether they have been victims or not. Subjects and materials were extracted from a data set covering the environmental and health conditions of the population of the Östergötland region in Sweden. The focus was on people in paid employment aged 20–34 years. It appears that threats or acts of violence are more common than are bullying or sexual harassment among young working people, in particular among women. Further, when working conditions are relatively precarious, both men and women are comparably exposed to threat and violence but when conditions are more stable, women are proportionally more exposed than men. Furthermore, the study shows that, although less common than threat and violence are, exposure to bullying is associated with several SRH disorders among both men and women in employment.
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