A cluster randomised trial of an internet-based intervention program for tinnitus distress in an industrial setting
- Authors: Abbott, Jo-Anne , Kaldo, Viktor , Klein, Britt , Austin, David , Hamilton, Catherine , Piterman, Leon , Williams, Ben , Andersson, Gerhard
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Vol. 38, no. 3 (2009), p. 162-173
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- Description: The effectiveness of a therapist-supported Internet intervention program for tinnitus distress in an industrial setting was evaluated using a cluster randomised design. Fifty-six Australian employees of two industrial organisations were randomly assigned, based on their work site (18 work sites from BP Australia and five from BHP Billiton), to either a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) program or an information-only control program. Participants were assessed at pre- and postprogram, measuring tinnitus distress, depression, anxiety, stress, quality of life, and occupational health. The CBT program was not found to be superior to the information program for treating tinnitus distress. A high attrition rate and small sample size limit the generalisability of the findings, and further developments of the program and assessment process are needed to enhance engagement and compliance. © 2009 Taylor & Francis.
Empirical testing of the theory of partial industrialisation in tourism
- Authors: Backer, Elisa , Barry, Brooke
- Date: 2013
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management Vol. 20, no. 2013 (2013), p. 43-52
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- Description: Businesses that are typically associated as belonging to ‘the tourist industry’ may find that tourists are only part of their business mix and may or may not strategically target tourists as a distinct segment. That is, businesses that serve tourists also serve non-tourists. As such, tourism is only ‘partially industrialised’. Despite being acknowledged three decades ago, only two empirical studies of tourism's partial industrialisation exist in the field. The aim of this research is to examine partial industrialisation in tourism (PIIT) in the Australian inland city of Ballarat, Victoria. This research provides additional empirical evidence to support the theory of PIIT, and provides evidence to highlight that figures often used in industry to support tourism represent a considerable exaggeration of the situation.
The inconvenient truth : Ocean level not rising in Australia
- Authors: Boretti, Alberto , Watson, Thomas
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Energy and Environment Vol. 23, no. 5 (2012), p. 801-817
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- Description: There is a claim that, by the end of this century, Australian coastal communities will experience rising sea levels of up to more than 1 metre because of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions causing global warming. This is the major argument supporting the Australia's Carbon Tax set to become law early next year. Under this legislation, 500 large Industrial manufacturers who emit carbon dioxide will be compelled to pay, from profitable income, for every tonne of carbon dioxide. Most of these emitters are electrical power generation and mining companies and heavy industry manufacturers. To compensate households for projected rising costs, due to the increased taxing pricing caused by this Carbon Tax, the government will cut income tax for smaller industries, boost payments to pensioners and offer various lump sum payments to small companies. This Australian scheme covers approximately 60% of Australia's emissions, making it the most broad-based scheme presented to the world. This carbon pricing will affectively apply to the 22.6 million Australians (2011) living in a 7,682,300 square kilometres country which is a relatively small number, proportional to the 7 billion people worldwide. The paper shows that locally and globally measured data, collected over short and long time scales, prove that the claim of sea level sharply accelerating is false.
A tale of two strategies: Framework for evaluating human resource management and innovation in Australia - Lessons for China
- Authors: Courvisanos, Jerry , Donatella, Cavagnoli
- Date: 2013
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: International Conference on Management Science and Engineering - Annual Conference Proceedings p. 1295-1307
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- Description: The aim of this paper is to explain the relationship between Human Resource Management (HRM) strategies and innovation. The paper systematically captures the impacts of HRM policies by Australian businesses in the form of organisational innovation, and consequently impacting on innovation and productivity. Two HRM strategies are identified as having operated in Australia over 40 years. One is a 'soft' HRM strategy based on greater worker autonomy; a strategy which dominated in the 1970s and 1980s. The other is a 'hard' HRM strategy based on routine worker performance measurement which has increasingly become more relevant since the 1990s and into the 21st Century as the basis for stronger competitive advantage. While recent research has found a positive relationship between HRM policies, organisational innovation, innovations and business performance, this study finds that while this was true in the 1980s and 1990s, it is not so in the 2000s. The core of the argument in this paper is that there is a positive relationship between HRM policies and organisational innovation only with the 'soft' HRM strategy, while the 'hard' strategy raises many questions about the ability to build significant innovation capacity. Also, the type of innovation capacity that is built in Australian businesses, that is, generally incremental and with only minor modifications, is examined in the context of both HRM strategies. The paper provides a framework of analysis that reframes the economics of innovation management using a unique 'containment of structure and contingency of agency' spectrum to explain innovation-successful HRM practices. This approach accounts for both internal firm management policies and external-to-the-firm effects of government economic policies. For this reason, this approach provides a historical experience that links effective HRM strategy to building innovation capacity from both firm and government levels. The experience of Australia in being unable to manage the containment-contingency innovation spectrum should be a lesson for China as it manoeuvres towards becoming a strong innovation-driven economy. © 2013 IEEE.
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Pre-apprenticeships in three key trades
- Authors: Dumbrell, Tom , Smith, Erica
- Date: 2007
- Type: Text , Book
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- Description: This report looks at whether pre-apprenticeships increase the potential supply of tradespeople, with a special focus on electrotechnology, automotive and engineering students. It found that pre-apprenticeships have been used in Australia for many years and are widely regarded as a valuable strategy for increasing the supply and quality of potential apprentices. Pre-apprenticeships are favoured by employers because they weed out unsuitable candidates and improve retention, while apprentices see them as a useful way of gaining experience in the trade.
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Legal risk management and injury in the fitness industry: the outcomes of focus group research and a national survey of fitness professionals
- Authors: Keyzer, Patrick , Coyle, Ian , Dietrich, Joachim , Norton, Kevin , Sekendiz, Betul , Jones, Veronica , Finch, Caroline
- Date: 2014
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Law and Medicine Vol. 21, no. 4 (June 2014 2014), p. 826-844
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- Description: The Australian Fitness Industry Risk Management (AFIRM) Project was set up to explore the operation of rules and regulations for the delivery of safe fitness services. This article summarises the results of recent focus group research and a national survey of risk management practices by the AFIRM Project. Our focus group research in four States identified the following most important concerns: (1) the competency of fitness professionals; (2) the effectiveness of pre-exercise screening and the management of de-conditioned clients; (3) poor supervision of fitness service users and incorrect use of equipment; (4) fitness trainers failing to remain within their scope of practice; (5) equipment misuse (as distinct from incorrect use); and (6) poor fitness training environments. This information was then used to develop 45 specific items for a questionnaire that was disseminated throughout the fitness industry. The survey, which is the largest ever conducted in the Australian fitness industry (n = 1,178), identified similar concerns. Our research indicates that efforts to improve risk management in the fitness industry should focus, first and foremost, on the development and monitoring of safety policy, and improvements in the education and training of fitness instructors to ensure that they can incorporate risk management practices.
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A man observes machinery processing plastic inside a factory
- Authors: Latrobe Regional Commission
- Date: 1984-1995
- Type: Text , Still Image
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- Description: 7 x 7 cm
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A man working in a Safetech factory, Moe
- Authors: Latrobe Regional Commission
- Date: 1984-1995
- Type: Text
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- Description: 8 x 7 cm
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A woman working at machinery inside a factory
- Authors: Latrobe Regional Commission
- Date: 1984-1995
- Type: Still Image
- Full Text: false
- Description: 7 x 7 cm
- Description: slide : col.
A woman working at a sewing machine inside a factory
- Authors: Latrobe Regional Commission
- Date: 1984-1995
- Type: Still Image
- Full Text: false
- Description: 7 x 7 cm
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A man standing in a Safetech factory, 5 Albert St, Moe
- Authors: Latrobe Regional Commission
- Date: 1984-1995
- Type: Still Image
- Full Text: false
- Description: 15 x 10 cm
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Carl Holmes; Australian Paper Shredders, Sale
- Authors: Latrobe Regional Commission
- Date: 1984-1995
- Type: Still Image
- Full Text: false
- Description: 10 x 10 cm
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A man observes machinery inside a factory
- Authors: Latrobe Regional Commission
- Date: 1984-1995
- Type: Still Image
- Full Text: false
- Description: 7 x 7 cm
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Exterior view; Rocklea Spinning Mills Pty Ltd, Moe
- Authors: Latrobe Regional Commission
- Date: 1984-1995
- Type: Still Image
- Full Text: false
- Description: 7 x 7 cm
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View inside a factory
- Authors: Latrobe Regional Commission
- Date: 1984-1995
- Type: Still Image
- Full Text: false
- Description: 7 x 7 cm
- Description: slide : col.
View of workers in the factory
- Authors: Latrobe Regional Commission
- Date: 1984-1995
- Type: Still Image
- Full Text: false
- Description: 7 x 7 cm
- Description: slide : col.
Two men standing outside a structural engineering building, Morwell
- Authors: Latrobe Regional Commission
- Date: 1984-1995
- Type: Still Image
- Full Text: false
- Description: 15 x 10 cm
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Side of a Nylex building with logo
- Authors: Latrobe Regional Commission
- Date: 1984-1995
- Type: Still Image
- Full Text: false
- Description: 7 x 7 cm
- Description: slide : col.
Rows of machinery working with thread inside a factory
- Authors: Latrobe Regional Commission
- Date: 1984-1995
- Type: Still Image
- Full Text: false
- Description: 7 x 7 cm
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Two men standing in front of a building and crane, Morwell
- Authors: Latrobe Regional Commission
- Date: 1984-1995
- Type: Still Image
- Full Text: false
- Description: 10 x 15 cm
- Description: photograph : col.