Lost in Translation? Challenges and Opportunities for Raising Health and Safety Awareness among a Multinational Workforce in the United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has experienced tremendous economic and industrial growth in the petroleum, airline, maritime and construction sectors, especially since the discovery of oil reserves. Mass recruitment of low skilled or unskilled laborers from less-developed countries has been utilized...
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| description | The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has experienced tremendous economic and industrial growth in the petroleum, airline, maritime and construction sectors, especially since the discovery of oil reserves. Mass recruitment of low skilled or unskilled laborers from less-developed countries has been utilized to satisfy the manpower demands of these fast paced industrial developments. Such workforce recruitment has created an unusual populace demographic, with the total UAE population estimated at 8.3 million, composed of 950,000 Emiratis, with the remainder being multinational expatriate workers, with varying educational qualifications, work experience, religious beliefs, cultural practices, and native languages. These unique characteristics pose a challenge for health and safety professionals tasked with ensuring the UAE workforce adheres to specific occupational health and safety procedures. The paper discusses two case studies that employ a novel multimedia approach to raising health and safety awareness among a multinational workforce. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c54614e77340462083356b1e62d5bd4f2023-09-03T02:50:44ZengElsevierSafety and Health at Work2093-79112012-12-013429830410.5491/SHAW.2012.3.4.298Lost in Translation? Challenges and Opportunities for Raising Health and Safety Awareness among a Multinational Workforce in the United Arab EmiratesTom Loney0Robert Fletcher Cooling1Tar-Ching Aw2Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesInstitute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesInstitute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe United Arab Emirates (UAE) has experienced tremendous economic and industrial growth in the petroleum, airline, maritime and construction sectors, especially since the discovery of oil reserves. Mass recruitment of low skilled or unskilled laborers from less-developed countries has been utilized to satisfy the manpower demands of these fast paced industrial developments. Such workforce recruitment has created an unusual populace demographic, with the total UAE population estimated at 8.3 million, composed of 950,000 Emiratis, with the remainder being multinational expatriate workers, with varying educational qualifications, work experience, religious beliefs, cultural practices, and native languages. These unique characteristics pose a challenge for health and safety professionals tasked with ensuring the UAE workforce adheres to specific occupational health and safety procedures. The paper discusses two case studies that employ a novel multimedia approach to raising health and safety awareness among a multinational workforce.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791112340080Occupational accidentsOccupational injuriesSafety managementTransients and migrants |
| spellingShingle | Tom Loney Robert Fletcher Cooling Tar-Ching Aw Lost in Translation? Challenges and Opportunities for Raising Health and Safety Awareness among a Multinational Workforce in the United Arab Emirates Safety and Health at Work Occupational accidents Occupational injuries Safety management Transients and migrants |
| title | Lost in Translation? Challenges and Opportunities for Raising Health and Safety Awareness among a Multinational Workforce in the United Arab Emirates |
| title_full | Lost in Translation? Challenges and Opportunities for Raising Health and Safety Awareness among a Multinational Workforce in the United Arab Emirates |
| title_fullStr | Lost in Translation? Challenges and Opportunities for Raising Health and Safety Awareness among a Multinational Workforce in the United Arab Emirates |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lost in Translation? Challenges and Opportunities for Raising Health and Safety Awareness among a Multinational Workforce in the United Arab Emirates |
| title_short | Lost in Translation? Challenges and Opportunities for Raising Health and Safety Awareness among a Multinational Workforce in the United Arab Emirates |
| title_sort | lost in translation challenges and opportunities for raising health and safety awareness among a multinational workforce in the united arab emirates |
| topic | Occupational accidents Occupational injuries Safety management Transients and migrants |
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