Identifying and Managing Risk at Work Emerging Issues in the Context of Globalisation

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.

Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction: Globalisation and risk at work Chris L Peterson Part II: Regional developments 2. Brexit Risk for UK Manufacturing Claire MacRae, Alex de Ruyter, Julie Roberts, Jon McNeill, and David Bailey 3. The United States, globalisation, and health and safety Edward A Emmett and Philip G. Lewis 4. Globalisation and safety-critical systems in Europe Jean-Christophe Le Coze 5. Health and Safety protections for the mobile workforce in a pandemic: COVID-19, globalisation, and mobilities Barbara Neis, ,Lesley Butler, Desai Shan, and Katherine Lippel 6. Precarious work and globalisation in Australia: Growth, risks, and future(s) Dale Tweedie and Sharni Chan Part III: Emerging issues 7. Climate change and risk to workers: Piecing together the puzzle Christine Walker 8. Employment, work, and industrial revolutions: A Faustian deal Peter Holland, Chris Brewster, and Nadia Kougiannou 9. Globalisation, automation, and the disruption of local labour markets Srikant Devaraj, Dagney Faulk, Michael Hicks, and Emily Wornell 10. The exploitation of migrant workers Abul Rizvi 11. Work, risk, and academic labour: Guildism, managerialism, and the neoliberal university Darryl S. L. Jarvis 12. The "Me Too" movement, gender, and risk Natalie Araujo and Chris L Peterson 13. Globalisation and risk in health Chris L Peterson Part IV: Summary 14. Conclusion: Globalisation, risk, and socio-political contexts Chris L Peterson

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.