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The theme of this volume, studies in macro-micro influences on
children, in their pathways to adulthood is aimed at examining the
points of intersect between individual and family level reactions
to the socioeconomic forces buffeting all industrialised societies.
The papers in this volume allow understanding of the larger context
which children acquire their experience and capacities for growth.
The theme of this volume, studies in macro-micro influences on
children, in their pathways to adulthood is aimed at examining the
points of intersect between individual and family level reactions
to the socioeconomic forces buffeting all industrialised societies.
The papers in this volume allow understanding of the larger context
which children acquire their experience and capacities for growth.
Working for pay is a common experience throughout North America for
youth, with up to 80 percent of high school students working for at
least a short duration of time through the course of a year. Once
adolescents enter the labor market, they usually continue working,
though they change jobs frequently through to their early 20s. Most
working youth are employed during both the school year and the
summer. Adolescents and young adults are exposed to a variety of
workplace risks and hazards that include operating dangerous tools,
machinery, and vehicles; handling cash in situations prone to
robbery; and working with supervisors and co-workers whose own
'safe work practices' are suspect. Proper orientation and training
is sometimes minimal; supervision can be limited and of
questionable quality. Given that over the past fifty years the
proportion of adolescents entering the workforce has increased
six-fold for both males and females, and that the number of working
youth is expected to continue increasing due to globalization and
diffusion of new technologies, there is definite cause for concern.
Why the large discrepancy between young people and adults when it
comes to workplace injury? Why are our future workers being injured
at all? Youth willingly enter work settings expecting to be guided
and protected, yet many are exposed to work environments and safety
cultures leading to quite different outcomes. Some answers may lie
in better understanding the young worker experience or in the
similarities and differences between the young worker and adult
worker experience. We only know that a simplistic, rote answer will
not suffice, especially when young people continue to be injured,
some fatally, on the job. In an effort to begin answering some of
these questions, we have developed this two part book. Part I is
designed to provide the reader with an overview of what we know
about young workers and some of the factors that may influence
their ability to stay safe at work. The literature draws attention
to areas ranging from the Nature of the Workplace, to Risk
Perception, and finally to Management and System Support. Where
appropriate, the findings from the Young Worker Young Supervisor
(YWYS) project are brought into the existing literature on young
worker health and safety. Part I sets the tone for Part II of the
monograph by giving the reader an idea of what young workers find
themselves facing when they enter the world of work, from
characteristics of the workplace to unique conditions and
relationships of young workers. To further illuminate the issues
and situations youth face in the workplace, Part II presents a
series of vignettes that were drawn from real life situations
observed through the course of the YWYS project. The vignettes are
brief, evocative descriptions, accounts, or episodes representing
the types of experiences common to young workers. These vignettes
are based on the case studies and interviews conducted during the
course of the YWYS project. The circumstances presented in the
vignettes reflect the conditions under which many young workers
find themselves. As farfetched as some of the managers' and young
workers' behavior may seem in the vignettes, the events are
fictionalized versions of real workplace occurrences. Each vignette
is followed by one or more 'scenario(s)', each presenting an
open-ended problem taken from real life and faced by young workers.
Each scenario ends with a series of questions intended to encourage
the reader towards further discussion.
Working for pay is a common experience throughout North America for
youth, with up to 80 percent of high school students working for at
least a short duration of time through the course of a year. Once
adolescents enter the labor market, they usually continue working,
though they change jobs frequently through to their early 20s. Most
working youth are employed during both the school year and the
summer. Adolescents and young adults are exposed to a variety of
workplace risks and hazards that include operating dangerous tools,
machinery, and vehicles; handling cash in situations prone to
robbery; and working with supervisors and co-workers whose own
'safe work practices' are suspect. Proper orientation and training
is sometimes minimal; supervision can be limited and of
questionable quality. Given that over the past fifty years the
proportion of adolescents entering the workforce has increased
six-fold for both males and females, and that the number of working
youth is expected to continue increasing due to globalization and
diffusion of new technologies, there is definite cause for concern.
Why the large discrepancy between young people and adults when it
comes to workplace injury? Why are our future workers being injured
at all? Youth willingly enter work settings expecting to be guided
and protected, yet many are exposed to work environments and safety
cultures leading to quite different outcomes. Some answers may lie
in better understanding the young worker experience or in the
similarities and differences between the young worker and adult
worker experience. We only know that a simplistic, rote answer will
not suffice, especially when young people continue to be injured,
some fatally, on the job. In an effort to begin answering some of
these questions, we have developed this two part book. Part I is
designed to provide the reader with an overview of what we know
about young workers and some of the factors that may influence
their ability to stay safe at work. The literature draws attention
to areas ranging from the Nature of the Workplace, to Risk
Perception, and finally to Management and System Support. Where
appropriate, the findings from the Young Worker Young Supervisor
(YWYS) project are brought into the existing literature on young
worker health and safety. Part I sets the tone for Part II of the
monograph by giving the reader an idea of what young workers find
themselves facing when they enter the world of work, from
characteristics of the workplace to unique conditions and
relationships of young workers. To further illuminate the issues
and situations youth face in the workplace, Part II presents a
series of vignettes that were drawn from real life situations
observed through the course of the YWYS project. The vignettes are
brief, evocative descriptions, accounts, or episodes representing
the types of experiences common to young workers. These vignettes
are based on the case studies and interviews conducted during the
course of the YWYS project. The circumstances presented in the
vignettes reflect the conditions under which many young workers
find themselves. As farfetched as some of the managers' and young
workers' behavior may seem in the vignettes, the events are
fictionalized versions of real workplace occurrences. Each vignette
is followed by one or more 'scenario(s)', each presenting an
open-ended problem taken from real life and faced by young workers.
Each scenario ends with a series of questions intended to encourage
the reader towards further discussion.
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