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Micro-Sociology and the Study of Workplace Accidents and Injury

Journal of Research in Business, Economics and Management

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Title Micro-Sociology and the Study of Workplace Accidents and Injury
 
Creator Lloyd, Mike
 
Subject Health and Safety, workplace culture
 
Description Using empirical material from the recent ministerial inquiry into workplace injuries and fatalities at Tranz Rail, this paper considers the inquiry's question of whether 'any culture or cultures within Tranz Rail may be relevant to the operation of a safe and healthy place of work'. Application of discourse analysis suggests that the culture question is indeed important, but not quite in the areas suggested by some of the contributors to the Tran; Rail inquiry. The paper foregrounds 'textually mediated social organisation' as a key feature of contemporary social worlds, including the workplace.
 
Publisher Victoria University of Wellington
 
Date 2000-12-04
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/LEW/article/view/1054
10.26686/lew.v0i0.1054
 
Source Labour, Employment and Work in New Zealand; 2000: Labour, Employment and Work in New Zealand
2463-2600
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/LEW/article/view/1054/862