Hawke Research Institute
This project is funded under the SafeWork SA commissioned research grants fund and involves Dr Natalie Skinner (project manager) and Prof Barbara Pocock from the Centre for Work + Life with Dr Jill Dorrian, School of Psychology, Dr Sally Ferguson and Associate Professor Verna Blewett from the Centre for Sleep Research at the University of South Australia.
Key findings from the study are found in FLAWS in our Lives Fatigue Life and Work Strain brochure and full report <pdf 956kb>
This project will inform evidence-based policy related to work hours,
fatigue, work-related psychological distress/mental health and work-life
balance, with the longer term goal of contributing to a reduction in
workplace illness/injury claims related to mental disorders. This
multidisciplinary project will involve longitudinal data analysis of the
HILDA (Household, Labour and Income Dynamics in Australia) survey, and
analysis of new SA data on fatigue from AWALI 2010 (Australian Work and
Life Index). Findings will be disseminated in a seminar and two
workshops, with an emphasis on engagement with key stakeholders in the
development of recommendations for policy and practice.
Work
Quality, not just Quantity:Work-Related Predictors of Psychological
Distress, Work-Family Interaction and Alcohol Consumption. Jill
Dorrian Natalie Skinner and Sandra Pisaniello
Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia
Centre for Work + Life, University of South Australia
This is a joint project for the Centre for Work + Life and NCVER being undertaken by Dr Damian Oliver. The project Are Certificates a stepping stone to future study? For whom? An analysis using LSAY data will examine young people's participation in vocational education and training, focusing on which young people undertake further studies in VET. The project will use data from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY).
As part of its 'lifelong learning' agenda, the federal and state governments have set an array of complementary and competing targets to increase the proportion of the population with tertiary qualifications. In the VET sector, although graduates of higher level qualifications (Certificate III-Advanced Diploma) enjoy better labour market outcomes, the value of completing a lower-level qualification (Certificate I-II) is less clear. The objective of this project is to identify, given the negligible labour market returns accruing to lower-level Certificate qualifications, if and under what conditions lower-level Certificate qualifications are a stepping stone to future study. The project will used data from the Y95 and Y98 waves of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY).
The findings from the study will contribute to the debate about the
future of lower-level qualifications as well as inform what incentives
and supports may be necessary to increase the number of young people
undertaking higher level VET qualifications.
