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Subcontracting and occupational health and safety in the residential building industry
Author(s) -
Mayhew Claire,
Quinlan Michael
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2338.00054
Subject(s) - outsourcing , causation , occupational safety and health , business , industrial relations , industrial organization , economics , marketing , political science , management , law
This article examines the relationship between subcontracting and occupational health and safety in the Australian and UK residential building industry. It is argued that poorer OHS is an important consequence of subcontracting. This finding has implications for theories of injury causation and analysing the impact of outsourcing on industrial relations.