Identifying Western Australian Offshore Oil and Gas Workers Mental Health Hazards and Risk Control Measures
This qualitative study aimed to identify psychosocial hazards and their effect on the mental health of offshore workers. Twenty-nine participants were interviewed from questions developed from the focus group. Results showed that stressors from organisational practices were negatively impacting ment...
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Curtin University
2024
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| author | D’Antoine, Emma Caroline |
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| description | This qualitative study aimed to identify psychosocial hazards and their effect on the mental health of offshore workers. Twenty-nine participants were interviewed from questions developed from the focus group. Results showed that stressors from organisational practices were negatively impacting mental health. These included casualisation, poor company-provided facilities, work-life interference, dishonest work practices such, a culture of blame and lack of accountability, bullying, gendered harassment, micromanaging, fear of making mistakes, production pressures and time constraints. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-959422024-09-25T02:43:47Z Identifying Western Australian Offshore Oil and Gas Workers Mental Health Hazards and Risk Control Measures D’Antoine, Emma Caroline This qualitative study aimed to identify psychosocial hazards and their effect on the mental health of offshore workers. Twenty-nine participants were interviewed from questions developed from the focus group. Results showed that stressors from organisational practices were negatively impacting mental health. These included casualisation, poor company-provided facilities, work-life interference, dishonest work practices such, a culture of blame and lack of accountability, bullying, gendered harassment, micromanaging, fear of making mistakes, production pressures and time constraints. 2024 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95942 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | D’Antoine, Emma Caroline Identifying Western Australian Offshore Oil and Gas Workers Mental Health Hazards and Risk Control Measures |
| title | Identifying Western Australian Offshore Oil and Gas Workers Mental Health Hazards and Risk Control Measures |
| title_full | Identifying Western Australian Offshore Oil and Gas Workers Mental Health Hazards and Risk Control Measures |
| title_fullStr | Identifying Western Australian Offshore Oil and Gas Workers Mental Health Hazards and Risk Control Measures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identifying Western Australian Offshore Oil and Gas Workers Mental Health Hazards and Risk Control Measures |
| title_short | Identifying Western Australian Offshore Oil and Gas Workers Mental Health Hazards and Risk Control Measures |
| title_sort | identifying western australian offshore oil and gas workers mental health hazards and risk control measures |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95942 |