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    Author(s)
    Ngo, Mark
    Matthews, Lynda R
    Quinlan, Michael
    Bohle, Philip
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Matthews, Lynda R.
    Year published
    2020
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    Abstract
    The sudden and unexpected nature of fatal work incidents can leave family members with a strong need to know how and why the worker died. Forty Australian family members were interviewed to identify the information sought following fatal work incidents and explore the factors enhancing or impairing satisfaction with the account of the death. Findings demonstrated that employers tended to divert responsibility to the worker, to mask underlying systemic failures. Satisfaction was enhanced if family members believed a sense of justice was attained and formal investigations were able to expose the truth and those responsible for ...
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    The sudden and unexpected nature of fatal work incidents can leave family members with a strong need to know how and why the worker died. Forty Australian family members were interviewed to identify the information sought following fatal work incidents and explore the factors enhancing or impairing satisfaction with the account of the death. Findings demonstrated that employers tended to divert responsibility to the worker, to mask underlying systemic failures. Satisfaction was enhanced if family members believed a sense of justice was attained and formal investigations were able to expose the truth and those responsible for the death were identified.
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    Journal Title
    Death Studies
    Volume
    44
    Issue
    8
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2019.1586792
    Copyright Statement
    This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Death Studies,44 (8), pp. 478-489, 02 Apr 2019, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2019.1586792
    Subject
    Sociology
    Psychology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/406562
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