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Susanne Bahn

Senior Lecturer

Responsibilities

• Research

Background

Dr Susanne Bahn is a Senior Lecturer, research only, in the School of Management, Faculty of Business and Law. Her doctoral study focused on management values and safety culture. She has worked on several social research projects over the past five years and is currently completing research in Occupational Health & Safety on projects that investigate workplace culture, safety leadership and hazard awareness. She has also been involved in numerous evaluations of training and social programmes. Her other research work investigates skilled migration in Australia in the resources sector.

Her interests lie in workplace values, middle management change practices, OH&S processes, vocational education for construction and mining, and skilled migration. Previous roles include OHS & HR Manager for various medium businesses and as a self-employed OHS consultant. 

Staff qualifications

• Grad Cert HE
• PhD
• MHRM
• Grad Dip Bus HRMgt
• B Ed
• Dip Ed

Research

Current research area

• Workplace values
• Middle management change practices
• Workplace health and safety processes
• Vocational education for construction and mining
• Workplace safety culture
• Safety leadership
• Research in skilled migration

Recent research grants

• 2012 - 2013, Making sense of smaller firm owner-managers responses to changing occupational, health and safety regulation, Strategic Research Funds Scheme. Faculty of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University - $8 000.
• 2012 - 2013, Legitimisation recruitment and retention: Innovation in resource sector small firms' and workers on temporary 457 visas, Strategic Research Funds Scheme. Faculty of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University - $8 000. (CI's Barrett, Bahn, Prasad & Susomrith).
• 2012 - 2013, A review of the potential for improvement in resource sector - a scoping study. Faculty of Business and Law Strategic Research Funding - $5,000. (CI's Fulford, Yap, Standing, Dowling &  Bahn.)
• 2012 - Encouraging innovative PhD research, (CIs Dobson, Bahn, Barrat-Pugh, Fulford, Gengatharen and Larsen).
• 2012 - 457 visa workers in the Western Australian resources industry: The benefits and costs for business, migrant families, and the community, (CIs Bahn, Barratt-Pugh & Yap), Edith Cowan University and the Australian Mines and Metals Association, $50,000.
  
• 2012 - Perceptions of safety leadership skills: Do employers and employees agree? (CI Bahn), Edith Cowan University and Applied Safety and Risk Management, Faculty of Business & Law Scheme, $8,000.
• 2011-2012 -Workplace hazard identification: What do people know and how is it done? (CI Bahn), Edith Cowan University, $17,000.
• 2011-2012 - What’s needed from key stakeholders’ perspective for meeting the 2012 Occupational Health and Safety targets? (CIs Bahn & Barratt-Pugh), Edith Cowan University, Faculty of Business & Law Scheme, $9,000.
  
• 2011-2012 - Evaluation of Indigenous Justice Programs, (CIs Cooper, Henry, Bahn, Sims, Barclay & Scott), Attorney General's Department, $369,000.
  
• 2010-2011 - Investigating the social welfare indicators of regional art centres, (CI Bahn & Cooper),Department of Indigenous Affairs and Edith Cowan University Industry Collaborative Grant Scheme, $55,000.
• 2010-2011 - Determining the Effectiveness of the Construction Safety Awareness Training in the Housing and Civil Construction Industries in WA, (CIs Barratt-Pugh & Bahn). Construction Training Fund (CTF) and Edith Cowan University Industry Collaborative Grant Scheme, $54,000.
  
• 2010 - Determining the effectiveness of the mandatory construction safety awareness training in WA, (CIs Barratt-Pugh & Bahn, PI Keating). Building & Construction Industry Training Fund (BCITF) and Edith Cowan University Faculty of Business and Law Small Grant Scheme, $26,000.
• 2009-2011 - Consultancy Services for the Evaluation of the Rapidly Degenerating Neurological Conditions Pilot Program, (CIs Cockram, Cooper & Bahn). Disabilities Services Commission, $70,000.
  
• 2009 - Evaluating the Rocky Bay School-Aged Therapy Service, (CIs Weatherill, Bahn & Cooper). Disability Services Commission, $50,500.
  
• 2008 - Research of participation in organised sport and recreation by people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) backgrounds, (CIs Cooper, Bahn, Hancock, Sims, Targowska & Guilfoyle). Department of Sport and Recreation, $29,000.

Recent publications

Books

• Bahn, S. (forthcoming, 2013). OHS Management: Contemporary Issues in Australia, Tilde University Press, Australia.
• Bahn, S. (2008). Producing safety: Exploring occupational health and safety values in action within the WA Civil Construction industry, Saarbruken, Germany.

Book chapters

• Bahn, S., Cooper, T., & Hancock, P. (2010). Case Study: Evaluation of the Integrated Services Pilot Program from Western Australia. In “Evaluating in the Face of Uncertainty: Anticipation and Agility to Improve Evaluation Quality”, Morrell, J (Ed). New York: Guildford Press, pp.281-286.

Refereed journal articles

• Bahn, S. (forthcoming). ‘Workplace hazard identification and management: The case of an underground mining operation’, Safety Science, accepted October 2012. 
• Barratt-Pugh, LGB. & Bahn, S. (forthcoming). ‘HR strategy during culture change: Building change agency’, Journal of Management and Organisation, accepted August, 2012.
• Bahn, S. & Rainnie, A. (forthcoming). ‘Restructuring supply chains and OHS management in the Western Australian resources sector’, Employee Relations, accepted August 2012.
• Bahn, S. & Barratt-Pugh, LGB. (forthcoming).  ‘Safety training evaluation: The case of Construction Induction Training and the impact on work-related injuries in the Western Australian construction sector’, International Journal of Training Research, accepted June 2012.
• Bahn, S. (forthcoming). ‘Transformational leaders? The pivotal role that supervisors play in safety culture’, International Journal of Training Research, accepted June 2012.
• Bahn, S. & Barratt-Pugh, LGB. (forthcoming). ‘The impact of management styles upon organisational change and safety cultures’, Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, accepted February 2012.
• Barratt-Pugh, LGB., Bahn, S. & Gakere, E. (forthcoming). ‘Managers as change agents during a public sector merger’, Journal of Organizational Change Management, accepted May 2011. 
• Bahn, S. & Barratt-Pugh, LGB. (forthcoming). ‘Getting reticent young male participants to talk: using artefact-mediated interviews to promote discursive interaction’. Qualitative Social Work, accepted July 2011.
• Bahn, S. & Weatherill, P. (early cite, 2012). ‘Qualitative social research: A risky business when it comes to collecting ‘sensitive’ data’, Qualitative Research, 10th August, pp.1-17.
• Bahn, S., & Greenwood, M. & Van Buren III, H. (2012). ‘The nexus of employee safety, professional integrity and ethics: Applying stakeholder theory to university researchers’, Proceedings: Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations.
• Bahn, S. (2012). ‘Workplace hazard identification: What do workers in mining know?’, Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 28(3), pp. 371-382. 
• Bahn, S. & Barratt-Pugh, LGB. (2012). ‘Is the Construction Induction Training scheme in the Housing and Civil Construction Industries of Western Australia effective in improving safety culture?’, Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 28(3), pp. 325-338.
• Bahn, S. & Barratt-Pugh, LGB. (2012). ‘Construction Induction Training:  Does mandatory training work?’, Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 28(3), pp. 305-324.
• Bahn, S. & Barratt-Pugh, LGB. (2012). ‘Emerging issues of health and safety training delivery in Australia: Quality and transferability’, Procedia: Social and Behavioral Sciences Journal, 62, pp.213-222. 
• Bahn, S. (2012). ‘Moving from contractor to owner operator: Impact on safety culture’, Employee Relations, 35(2), pp.157-172.
• Bahn, S. (2012). ‘Model Work Health and Safety Act “due diligence”: Will our current safety systems be compliant?’ Journal of Health & Safety Research & Practice, 4(2), pp. 8-12. 
• Bahn, S., Barratt-Pugh, LGB. & Yap, G. (2012).  ‘The employment of skilled migrants on temporary 457 visas in Australia: Emerging issues’, Labour & Industry, 22(4), pp.379–398. 
• Bahn, S. (2012). ‘Keeping academic field researchers safe: Ethical safeguards’, Journal of Academic Ethics, 10(2), pp.83-91. 
• Bahn, S. & Barratt-Pugh, LGB. (2012). ‘Hard or soft? The relationship between power and organisational incident rates’, Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 28(1), pp.33-43.
• Weatherill, P., Bahn, S., & Cooper, T. (2012). ‘Bespoke program design for school-aged therapy disability service delivery’, Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation, 11(3), pp.166-183.
• Bahn, S. & Weatherill, P. (2012). ‘Eliciting data from participants using visual mapping as a collection technique’, Qualitative Social Work, 11(4), pp.431-444. 
• Bahn, S. & Giles, M. (2012). ‘Evaluation of the Neurodegenerative Conditions Coordinated Care Program (NCCCP) in Western Australia: Barriers to better service provision’, Evaluation and Program Planning, 35, pp.40-46. 
• Bahn, S. & Barratt-Pugh, LGB. (2012). ‘Evaluation of the mandatory Construction Induction Training program in Western Australia: Unanticipated consequences’, Evaluation and Program Planning, 35, pp. 337-343.
• Bahn, S. (Sept, 2011). ‘Community safety and recidivism in Australia: Breaking the cycle of reoffending to produce safer communities through vocational training’, International Journal of Training Research, 9(3), pp.261-266.
• Bahn, S. & Barratt-Pugh, LGB. (2011). ‘Determining industry response to the Construction Induction Training in WA’, Journal of Health & Safety Research & Practice, 3(1), pp.24-32.
• Barratt-Pugh, LGB., Bahn, S. & Scholz, A. (2011). ‘Mandatory online training: Transmissive learning, open to abuse and hidden agendas’. Industry and Higher Education, 25(3), pp.1-11.
• Barratt-Pugh, LGB., Kennett, P. & Bahn, S. (2011). ‘Managing knowledge: the critical role of company structure as a mediator of systems’, Knowledge and Process Management, 18(2), pp.85-94.
• Bahn, S. (2010). ‘Organisational safety culture: A review of the literature’, Management Development Journal of Singapore. 17(1), pp.1-21.
• Hancock, P., Cooper, T., & Bahn, S. (2009). ‘Evaluation of a CALD youth sports program in Western Australia: Resettling refugees using sports as a conduit to integration’, Tamara: Journal of Critical Postmodern Organization Science. 8(2), pp.159-172.
• Hancock, P., Cooper, T., & Bahn, S. (2009). ‘Co-location of services for refugees: An evaluation of a pilot program in Western Australia’, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal. 18(4), pp.519-538. 
• Bahn, S. & Barratt-Pugh, LGB. (2009). ‘What’s a life worth? The value placed on safety’, Journal of Occupational Health and Safety. 25(5), pp.393-404. 
• Hancock, P., Cooper, T., & Bahn, S. (2009). ‘Evaluation of the Integrated Services Pilot Program from Western Australia’, Evaluation and Program Planning. 32, pp.238-246. 
• Bahn, S. (2009). ‘Power and influence: Examining the communication pathways influencing safety in the workplace’, Journal of Occupational Health and Safety. 25(3), pp.213-222. 
• Bahn, S. (2008). ‘Size does matter: The influence of business size on the accident/incident rate in the civil construction industry in WA’, Journal of Occupational Health and Safety. 24(4), pp.343-352.

• Bahn, S. (February 2013) ‘Mining workers ability to identify hazards using a picture survey’, 27th Annual Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics Australia and New Zealand, Perth, Australia, AIRAANZ.
• Bahn, S. & Barratt-Pugh, LGB. (February 2013) ‘Improving Safety Culture: the Impact of the Construction Induction Training on the construction industry in Western Australia’, 27th Annual Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics Australia and New Zealand, Perth, Australia, AIRAANZ. 
• Bahn, S., Barratt-Pugh, LGB. & Yap, G. (February 2013) ‘Workers on temporary 457 visas: Challenges they face when working in the Western Australian resources sector’, 27th Annual Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics Australia and New Zealand, Perth, Australia, AIRAANZ.
• Bahn, S. Mayson, S., Barrett, R. & Barratt-Pugh, LGB. (February 2013) Unmet promises: Harmonising Occupational Health and Safety: Continued complexity for multi-jurisdictional small firms, Understanding Small Enterprises (USE) 2013 Conference, 19-22nd Feb, Nelson, New Zealand.
• Bahn, S. & Cameron, R. (December 2012). Skilled labour supply and demand in resource rich regions in Australia, 26th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), 5-7th December, Perth, Australia. 
• Bahn, S. & Barratt-Pugh, LGB. (December 2012). Harmonised health and safety legislation in Australia: Confusion and complexity for training remains, 26th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), 5-7th December, Perth, Australia.
• Dobson, P., Fulford, R., Barratt-Pugh, LGB., Bahn, S., Gengatharen, D. & Larsen, A-C. (December 2012). Eureka moments in research: Exploring abductive processes using four case examples, Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) 2012, 3-5thDecember, Geelong, Australia.
• Bahn, S., & Greenwood, M. & Van Buren III, H. (2012). The nexus of employee safety, professional integrity and ethics: Applying stakeholder theory to university researchers, 19th Annual AAPAE Conference, 28-29th June, Brisbane, Australia.
• Jacques, N. & Bahn, S. (2012). Juggling professional identities: perspectives of a developing researcher in a study on sessional VET practitioners. Proceedings of the AVETRA 2012 Conference, Canberra, Australia.
• Barratt-Pugh, LGB. & Bahn, S. (2012). Cutting corners: How pre-site Construction Induction Training improves work safety but illuminates the issues of online assessment, Proceedings of the AVETRA 2012 Conference, Canberra, Australia.
• Bahn, S. (2012). Workplace hazard identification: What do people know and how is it done? 26th Annual Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics Australia and New Zealand, Gold Coast, Queensland, AIRAANZ.                                    
• Bahn, S. & Barratt-Pugh, LGB. (2011). Construction Induction Training: how effective for the Housing and Civil Construction Industries in WA? 25th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Wellington, New Zealand, ANZAM.
• Barrett, R., & Bahn, S. Mayson, S. (2011). A ‘once in a generation opportunity’? Narratives about the potential impact of OHS harmonisation on smaller firms in Australia, 25th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Wellington, New Zealand, ANZAM.
• Barrett, R., Mayson, S. & Bahn, S. (2011). OHS and smaller ethnic firms in Australia: challenges and issues, OHS Symposium Crisis and Risk Research Centre, Mines ParisTech, Managing OHS in Small, Culturally Diverse Workplaces: Issues and Solutions, France.
• Barratt-Pugh, LGB. & Bahn, S. (2011). Introducing mandatory training systems? Investigating the implementation of compulsory pre-site construction training. Proceedings of the AVETRA 2011 Conference, Melbourne, Australia: Rendezvous Hotel. 
• Bahn, S. & Barratt-Pugh, LGB. (2010). Does mandatory training work?  Investigating compulsory pre-site training certification in the WA construction industry. Proceedings of the 24th Annual International Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management. Adelaide, Australia: Adelaide Convention Centre.
• Bahn, S. & Barratt-Pugh, LGB. (2006). Producing safety: evaluating structuration theory as a framework for exploring values in action within the civil construction industry in WA. Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management. Queensland, Australia: Rydges Capricorn Resort.
• Bahn, S. (2005). Exploring the use of guided interviews as a research tool in a doctoral study of safe work practices of young construction workers. Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 19th Annual International Conference. Canberra, Australia: Rydges Lakeside Hotel.

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