Faculty/School

Faculty of Business and Law

School of Management

Topic status

We're looking for students to study this topic.

Research centre

Australian Centre for Health Law Research

Supervisors

Associate Professor Xiaowen Hu
Position
Associate Professor in Human Resource Management
Division / Faculty
Faculty of Business & Law
Dr Rebecca Langdon
Position
Lecturer
Division / Faculty
Faculty of Business & Law

Overview

Respirable crystalline silica (RCS) is a major health and safety concern, particularly in construction work processes. This project is aimed at understanding worker risk perceptions, attitudes, and safety behaviours towards the control measures used in workplaces to help minimise risk related to RCS. The overall intention of the project is to help ensure effective compliance is maintained when managing RCS in the workplace and to prevent silicosis in workers.

Research engagement

  • literature review
  • draft research paper/s (for publication in high impact journals as lead or co-author)
  • data analysis (with support from your supervisors if this is something you are interested in)
  • data collection
  • thesis (honours, masters, PhD students).

Outcomes

  • publication (as lead or co-author)
  • possible opportunity to present at a research conference
  • statistical analysis skills.

Start date

15 January, 2024

End date

30 June, 2029

Scholarships

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Contact

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