Safety culture in Australian (New South Wales) universities

Michael Lyons; Terri Mylett

Safety culture in Australian (New South Wales) universities

School of Business

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Abstract

Apart from Robens-style workplace health and safety (WHS) arrangements, most workplaces in Australia have never been compelled to create ongoing consultative mechanisms with workers. Under certain collective bargaining laws [e.g. Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) section 205] they are required to establish only a "process", rather than a "mechanism" or "structure" for consultation. The paper analyses the effectiveness of WHS consultation, and issues related with the debate around whether WHS is an area of mutual concern between employers and employees or whether it is an area that is subject to political contestation at the workplace. This is done by reporting results of a "safety culture" survey conducted in three Australian higher education institutions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 27th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference: Managing on the Edge: 4-6 December 2013, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Publisher	ANZAM
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Print)	9780987596819
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference - Duration: 4 Dec 2013 → …

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Conference	Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference
Period	4/12/13 → …

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