Work-life balance experiences: tradespeople in Western Australia’s mining industry

As FIFO/DIDO/Residential commuting arrangements continue to grow, it is critical that the impact of such arrangements on the WLB of tradespeople be investigated. Using mixed methods, the current research involved mine employees working as tradespeople on different roster models. Survey data was coll...

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Main Author: Chipindiku, George
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/298
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description As FIFO/DIDO/Residential commuting arrangements continue to grow, it is critical that the impact of such arrangements on the WLB of tradespeople be investigated. Using mixed methods, the current research involved mine employees working as tradespeople on different roster models. Survey data was collected from 181 participants, followed by interviews from 15 couples. The findings indicate that most tradespeople felt that FIFO, DIDO and Residential forms of commute arrangements had an impact on their WLB.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-2982017-02-20T06:40:47Z Work-life balance experiences: tradespeople in Western Australia’s mining industry Chipindiku, George As FIFO/DIDO/Residential commuting arrangements continue to grow, it is critical that the impact of such arrangements on the WLB of tradespeople be investigated. Using mixed methods, the current research involved mine employees working as tradespeople on different roster models. Survey data was collected from 181 participants, followed by interviews from 15 couples. The findings indicate that most tradespeople felt that FIFO, DIDO and Residential forms of commute arrangements had an impact on their WLB. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/298 en Curtin University fulltext
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Work-life balance experiences: tradespeople in Western Australia’s mining industry
title Work-life balance experiences: tradespeople in Western Australia’s mining industry
title_full Work-life balance experiences: tradespeople in Western Australia’s mining industry
title_fullStr Work-life balance experiences: tradespeople in Western Australia’s mining industry
title_full_unstemmed Work-life balance experiences: tradespeople in Western Australia’s mining industry
title_short Work-life balance experiences: tradespeople in Western Australia’s mining industry
title_sort work-life balance experiences: tradespeople in western australia’s mining industry
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/298