Industrial relations, occupational health and safety

This book, first published in 1994, explores the impact of work and gender roles on union activism, and identifies factors that support and hinder women's representation in trade unions.

This book, first published in 1994, explores the impact of work and gender roles on union activism, and identifies factors that support and hinder women's representation in trade unions.

Professionals striving for accident reduction must deal with systems in which both technical and human elements play equal and complementary roles.

Professionals striving for accident reduction must deal with systems in which both technical and human elements play equal and complementary roles.

The 1898 suppression of white phosphorous in the French match industry was a victory of organized labour.

The 1898 suppression of white phosphorous in the French match industry was a victory of organized labour.

Most occupational safety and health books explain how to apply concepts, principles, elements, tools of prevention and develop interventions, and initiatives to mitigate occupational injuries, illnesses and deaths.

Most occupational safety and health books explain how to apply concepts, principles, elements, tools of prevention and develop interventions, and initiatives to mitigate occupational injuries, illnesses and deaths.

This book provides leaders in high risk industries a better understanding of how their values and behaviors can influence the organization's safety culture and improve its capacity to bounce back from failure.

This book provides leaders in high risk industries a better understanding of how their values and behaviors can influence the organization's safety culture and improve its capacity to bounce back from failure.

Teachers and Teacher Unions in a Globalised World asks a series of pressing questions of teacher educators, teachers and teacher unions worldwide in this era of global capitalism.

Teachers and Teacher Unions in a Globalised World asks a series of pressing questions of teacher educators, teachers and teacher unions worldwide in this era of global capitalism.

In this book, first published in 1988, the author shows that the movement for industrial democracy has deep roots in British history, and looks at the economic and political potential of industrial democracy as a mechanism to halt 100 years of industrial decline.

In this book, first published in 1988, the author shows that the movement for industrial democracy has deep roots in British history, and looks at the economic and political potential of industrial democracy as a mechanism to halt 100 years of industrial decline.

Almost every industry that use liquids and gas in any form has a need to measure flow, temperature and pressure.

Almost every industry that use liquids and gas in any form has a need to measure flow, temperature and pressure.

In 1931 the International Association for Social Progress decided to undertake an enquiry concerning the effects of a shorter working week on unemployment and productivity.

In 1931 the International Association for Social Progress decided to undertake an enquiry concerning the effects of a shorter working week on unemployment and productivity.

Despite widespread interest in the trade union movement and its history, it has never been easy to trace the development of individual unions, especially those now defunct, or where name changes or mergers have confused the trail.

Despite widespread interest in the trade union movement and its history, it has never been easy to trace the development of individual unions, especially those now defunct, or where name changes or mergers have confused the trail.

Drugs and the workplace just don't mix.

Drugs and the workplace just don't mix.

Accidents are preventable, but only if they are correctly described and understood.

Accidents are preventable, but only if they are correctly described and understood.

Australia has an enviable record for airline safety - No one has ever died in an accident involving a commercial jet aircraft in Australia.

Australia has an enviable record for airline safety - No one has ever died in an accident involving a commercial jet aircraft in Australia.

Safety suffers from the variety of methods and models that are used to assess human performance.

Safety suffers from the variety of methods and models that are used to assess human performance.

Resilience engineering has consistently argued that safety is more than the absence of failures.

Resilience engineering has consistently argued that safety is more than the absence of failures.

Globalization is a pervasive feature of recent industrial and commercial developments, not least in the airline business with concomitant effects on human resource management.

Globalization is a pervasive feature of recent industrial and commercial developments, not least in the airline business with concomitant effects on human resource management.

First Published in 2017.

First Published in 2017.

Safety is not easy, it is a full time effort, and is equally important whether people are on the job or on personal time.

Safety is not easy, it is a full time effort, and is equally important whether people are on the job or on personal time.

In this book the author applies contemporary error theory to the needs of investigators and of anyone attempting to understand why someone made a critical error, how that error led to an incident or accident, and how to prevent such errors in the future.

In this book the author applies contemporary error theory to the needs of investigators and of anyone attempting to understand why someone made a critical error, how that error led to an incident or accident, and how to prevent such errors in the future.

Situations and systems are easier to change than the human condition - particularly when people are well-trained and well-motivated, as they usually are in maintenance organisations.

Situations and systems are easier to change than the human condition - particularly when people are well-trained and well-motivated, as they usually are in maintenance organisations.

The near destruction of the coal industry and the NUM offers a timely vantage point from which to appraise their history.

The near destruction of the coal industry and the NUM offers a timely vantage point from which to appraise their history.

Following on from 2005's Rail Human Factors: Supporting the Integrated Railway, this book brings together an even broader range of academics and practitioners from around the world to share their expertise and experience on rail human factors.

Following on from 2005's Rail Human Factors: Supporting the Integrated Railway, this book brings together an even broader range of academics and practitioners from around the world to share their expertise and experience on rail human factors.

This book is aimed at employers, managers and professional and administrative staff in the health care services.

This book is aimed at employers, managers and professional and administrative staff in the health care services.

This book is aimed at employers, managers and staff in social work agencies.

This book is aimed at employers, managers and staff in social work agencies.

In the resilience engineering approach to safety, failures and successes are seen as two different outcomes of the same underlying process, namely how people and organizations cope with complex, underspecified and therefore partly unpredictable work environments.

In the resilience engineering approach to safety, failures and successes are seen as two different outcomes of the same underlying process, namely how people and organizations cope with complex, underspecified and therefore partly unpredictable work environments.