Human Resource Management and Occupational Health and Safety (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is a must for anyone with an interest in Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)! The author successfully blends the theory of OHS, an often neglected area of Human Resource Management (HRM), with interesting and relevant case studies illustrating the practice and implementation, or lack thereof, of OHS policy. The author presents a thorough explanation and introduction of OHS and HRM policy and theory in the first half of the book, before contextualising this with case study illustrations set in the airline, call centre and nuclear power industries. The nuclear power and airline industry case studies, in particular, reveal some worrying and thought provoking examples of the failure of OHS policy in the workplace. The author suggests that these failures not only put employees at risk, but also customers and the general public, highlighting the need for organisations to take the health and safety culture seriously. The call centre case study illustrates a blatant disregard for employee safety, intimating that call centre organisations have a vested interest in ignoring employee health by choosing to encourage "burn-out", before replacement of staff. This book is not written in "traditional", dry, academic prose; instead the author uses a refreshing, almost conversational style. This makes it equally accessible to the academic and practitioner communities, and makes for absorbing reading, and is a particularly useful source of reference for students and researchers in this field.

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Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) is a complex area which interacts widely with a broader spectrum of business interests and concerns. To date OHS has been confined to the periphery of Human Resource Management (HRM), where its role, influence and importance have been overlooked. This text sets out to reposition OHS in HRM and business agendas. This book unravels the complex range of factors affecting OHS policy, practice and outcomes. These factors are then placed into context within the international airline, call centre and nuclear power industries. The author presents a wide range of primary and secondary research in order to offer an accessible framework for OHS in contemporary occupational settings.This book will be essential reading for students, practitioners and professional academic audiences who seek a broader understanding of the relationship and interaction between HRM principles, policies and practices and OHS.

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