Does Analyst Coverage Affect Workplace Safety?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Bradley ◽  
Connie X. Mao ◽  
Chi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Conference Calls ◽  
Injury Rates ◽  
Internal Governance ◽  
Analyst Coverage ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Work Related ◽  
External Monitoring ◽  
Internal Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Employee Welfare

We find firms’ work-related injury rates are negatively associated with the level of analyst coverage. This result is also robust at the establishment level at which we find local analysts have a more profound impact than distant analysts. Cross-sectionally, our results are exacerbated in firms with weak internal governance mechanisms and in industries with low union representation. Finally, management is more likely to discuss safety issues during earnings conference calls in the presence of more analysts. Overall, our results suggest analysts play an effective external monitoring role and have a subtle yet important impact on employee welfare. This paper was accepted by Brian Bushee, accounting.

Information Quality and Workplace Safety

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ole-Kristian Hope ◽  
Danye Wang ◽  
Heng Yue ◽  
Jianyu Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Injury Rates ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Exogenous Shocks ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Prior Literature

This paper examines the effect of internal information quality on workplace safety. Using establishment-level data on workplace injuries from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and employing a strict fixed-effects structure, we show that higher information quality is associated with significantly lower work-related injury rates. Further investigation reveals that the effect is stronger when more decision rights reside in headquarters, weaker when employees have greater bargaining power, and weaker when firms are subject to financial constraints. Our findings are robust to the use of two plausibly exogenous shocks and other robustness checks. Our study suggests an important economic consequence of information quality not examined by prior literature.

Assessment of work-related symptoms, perceived knowledge, and attitude among nail salon technicians

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
pp. 852-862
Author(s):  
Maria Lteif ◽  
Marylene Samia El Hayek ◽  
Hayat Azouri ◽  
Diane Antonios
Keyword(s):  
Ventilation System ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Perceived Knowledge ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Nail Salon ◽  
Poor Ventilation ◽  
Office Employees ◽  
Number Of Customers

Objectives: Beauty is a Lebanese stereotype, as Lebanese women often feel urged to decorate themselves. Recent studies have raised concerns about nail salon technicians’ (NSTs) health and safety issues. The aim of our study was to evaluate the occupational symptoms reported by NSTs, to assess their knowledge and document their awareness regarding hazardous chemicals found in nail cosmetics. Methods: NSTs completed a researcher-administered questionnaire. Data were gathered on sociodemographic characteristics, perceived knowledge, and safety issues. Work-related symptoms reported by NSTs were evaluated, and their responses were compared to those of the office employees. Results: A total of 120 NSTs and 120 office employees were interviewed. Compared to the control group, NSTs reported a higher prevalence of work-related respiratory, dermal, and irritative symptoms, all significantly associated with smoking and a poor ventilation system. In addition, musculoskeletal complaints were common among NSTs and significantly linked to a poor ventilation system, an increased number of customers per day, and a longer service duration. Furthermore, a longer career duration was significantly associated with an increased prevalence of irritative symptoms. When a binary logistic regression was carried out, it demonstrated a 25 times higher prevalence of work-related symptoms among NSTs compared to the office employees. Interestingly, 84% of the respondents had an inaccurate knowledge of nail cosmetics’ risks with their educational level acting as key factor. Conclusions: Based on these findings, it is warranted to perform a clinical assessment, implement a stringent regulatory framework, and improve knowledge toward nail cosmetics’ risk.

scholarly journals Factors contributing to the differences in work related injury rates between Danish and Swedish construction workers

2003 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 517-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Søren Spangenberg ◽  
Charlotte Baarts ◽  
Johnny Dyreborg ◽  
Lars Jensen ◽  
Pete Kines ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Workers ◽  
Injury Rates ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Work Related Injury

Unions and Collective Bargaining in 2010

2011 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 368-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathy Brigden
Keyword(s):  
Trade Unions ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
The Political ◽  
State Governments ◽  
40Th Anniversary ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Regulatory Standards ◽  
Australian Council ◽  
Political Spectrum ◽  
Work Choices

An increase in both union members and density, together with the re-election of a Labor government, albeit a minority one, were positive developments for Australian trade unions in 2010. Anticipated changes to the leadership of the Australian Council of Trade Unions occurred with the departure of Sharan Burrow and Ged Kearney assuming the presidency. The Fair Work Act 2009 began to be bedded down with modern awards taking effect from 1 January. Despite the efforts of the federal opposition, the shadow of Work Choices affected the federal election campaign. Unions experienced difficult relationships with state governments across the political spectrum. Asbestos continued to be one of the primary workplace safety issues, while fatalities on the waterfront and the 40th anniversary of the Westgate Bridge disaster served as reminders of the importance of adequate regulatory standards.

An investigation of the relation between ownership structure and management control in professional service organisations

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn King ◽  
Peter Clarkson
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Professional Service ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Internal Governance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Performing ◽  
Internal Governance Mechanisms

PurposeThis study aims to examine the interplay between ownership structure (organisational form) and management control system (MCS) design as governance structures within Australian primary health-care organisations (PHOs), seeking support for the suggestion that professional services will be most efficiently and effectively provided in organisations that have internal governance that is matched to their ownership form.Design/methodology/approachThe analysis is based on a series of in-depth investigations into the MCS choices made by seven Australian PHOs. Arguing that the degree of information impactedness is inversely related to the level of general practitioner (GP) ownership, organisations where more than 50 per cent of the GPs working within the practice are owners are classified as “high ownership” (“low information impactedness”). The adoption by high-performing organisations of their predicted MCS archetype according to Speklé’s development is then interpreted as representing empirical support.FindingsThe findings provide uniform support for the importance of the match between ownership structure and internal governance mechanisms. As predicted, the two high-performing, high member-owned organisations reported MCS resembling exploratory archetypes, the three high-performing, low member-owned organisations reported MCS consistent with a boundary archetype and the two low-performing organisations reported little emphasis on any control.Research limitations/implicationsThis study provides evidence of the importance of the appropriate match between ownership structure and internal governance mechanisms for PHOs.Practical implicationsThis study has potential to assist managers, owners and advisors to optimise MCS design in professional services organisations where there is heterogeneous ownership by professionals.Originality/valueThis study is one of the few attempts to provide empirical support for the assertion of the importance of a match between ownership structure and MCS design. It also represents one of the few attempts to provide empirical support for Speklé’s (2001) control archetypes, here the boundary and exploratory archetypes, archetypes that are applicable within important sectors of the economy, notably the professional services sector.

scholarly journals Health and Safety in the Legal Cannabis Industry Before and During COVID-19

2020 ◽  
pp. 104829112097613
Author(s):  
Marty Otañez ◽  
Jassy Grewal
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Las Vegas ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Medical Cannabis ◽  
Federal Level ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
And Training

In 2020, medical cannabis is legal in thirty-six states and adult use (“recreational”) cannabis is legal in fifteen, despite cannabis remaining illegal at the federal level. Up to 250,000 individuals work as full-time employees in cannabis. During the COVID-19 pandemic, California, Colorado, and other states deemed medical cannabis business as essential, raising occupational challenges and safety issues for cannabis employees. In 2020, interviews were conducted with Ethan, an extraction lab assistant in Las Vegas; Haylee, a trainer with a cannabis company in Sacramento; and Belinda, a Wisconsin-based occupational health and safety trainer, to showcase concerns and experiences in cannabis workplaces and training programs. Findings from interviews reveal pro-worker activities to promote workplace safety and labor unionism while large multistate operators seek to optimize profits and obstruct workers' rights. Knowledge gained through the interviews contributes to discussions to lessen the potential exposure of the cannabis workforce to COVID 19.

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