Identifying and Managing Risk at Work

With a focus on five major regions globally (UK, US, Europe, Canada, and Australia) Identifying and Managing Risk at Work outlines key regional factors affecting risk and its management. This volume looks at the social production and social construction of risk as well as taking a labour-process approach and socio-political perspective to investigate the nature and causes of work-related risk. In addition, there are several issues included that contribute to identifying risk at work such as climate change, the "gig" economy and the "Me Too" movement. Readers will gain a picture of some of the major current issues that are affecting risk under globalisation. Drawing on these key aspects of risk, students, academics, practitioners, and policy-makers will gain a better understanding of how risk is conceptualised and identified, and of the roles of management and employees in dealing with risk. This book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners to help gain an understanding of risk for a number of regions, and how several current issues in globalisation can be seen in their risk context.

Chris L. Peterson PhD is an honorary in the Department of Social Inquiry, College of Arts, Social Science and Commerce, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia. He specialises in the areas of work-related stress and chronic disease and has published extensively in these areas, including several books. He primarily undertakes quantitative research, but also researches qualitatively. He has been chief investigator or co-investigator in a number of large grants.

Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction: Globalisation and risk at work Part II: Regional developments 2. Brexit Risk for UK Manufacturing 3. The United States, globalisation, and health and safety 4. Globalisation and safety-critical systems in Europe 5. Health and Safety protections for the mobile workforce in a pandemic: COVID-19, globalisation, and mobilities 6. Precarious work and globalisation in Australia: Growth, risks and future(s) Part III: Emerging issues 7. Climate change and risk to workers: Piecing together the puzzle 8. Employment, work, and industrial revolutions: A Faustian deal 9. Globalisation, automation, and the disruption of local labour markets 10. The exploitation of migrant workers 11. Work, risk, and academic labour: Guildism, managerialism, and the neoliberal university 12. The "Me Too" movement, gender, and risk 13. Globalisation and risk in health Part IV: Summary 14. Conclusion: Globalisation, risk, and socio-political contexts