Developing and testing an internal audit tool of the psychosocial work environment in the oil and gas industry

Bergh, Linn Iren Vestly; Hinna, Siri; Leka, Stavroula; Zwetsloot, G.I.J.M.

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2015.06.003

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“…29 75-77 Both emotional exhaustion and 'worn-out', defined by 'symptoms of emotional liability, tiredness and cognitive confusion', have been operationalised by the same Worn-out Scale from the General Well-Being Questionnaire. [75][76][77] Based on the mean scores and cut-offs of scales used, the sample means suggested rotation workers had low emotional exhaustion and low 'worn-out' in three studies. [75][76][77] One longitudinal study documented a daily increase in emotional exhaustion and decrease in work engagement over the course of up to 28-day onshore rotation work period, but there was no comparison group.…”

Section: Bmj Global Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Health and well-being of rotation workers in the mining, offshore oil and gas, and construction industry: a systematic review

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IntroductionRotation work, characterised by travelling long distances to work in isolated areas where workers typically rotate consecutive days working and living on-site with periods at home, is increasingly used in the resources and construction sectors globally. Such employment practices may have an impact on workers’ health and well-being. This systematic review explores the impact rotation work has on mental and physical outcomes in rotation workers in the resources and construction sectors.MethodThe PubMed, Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Scopus databases were systematically searched on 1 May 2020 to identify quantitative, qualitative and mixed-method studies addressing the health of rotation workers published in peer-reviewed journals. Findings from the studies were summarised narratively.ResultsOf 6268 studies retrieved, 90 studies were included in the review. Studies suggested higher prevalence of psychological distress in onshore rotation workers and higher overweight/obesity rates among rotation workers as compared with the general population. We found more sleep problems and higher levels of smoking during work periods compared with off-site days; and higher alcohol intake during off-site days compared with on-site days. Workers generally perceived their physical health status as good. High-perceived job demands (such as workload, repetitive work) were associated with mental distress and exhaustion, sleep problems and perceived poor physical health status, while high-perceived job resources (such as job clarity/control, support) were associated with low mental distress and exhaustion, less smoking and alcohol intake, and better sleep.ConclusionRotation work is associated with several poorer health behaviours and outcomes, such as sleep problems, smoking, alcohol consumption and overweight/obesity. Interventions needed to improve rotation workers’ health should include maximising available job resources and reducing job demands. Further longitudinal studies are needed to explore the long-term health effects of rotation work and the short-term contextual effects of the different aspects of rotation work.

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Section: Bmj Global Healthmentioning

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Health and well-being of rotation workers in the mining, offshore oil and gas, and construction industry: a systematic review

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“…In the audit process, to validate the authenticity of data owned by clients, CPA firms must request electronic confirmation from third parties, such as deposit/loan data from banks, information disclosures to the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and tax filings to tax authorities. In order to improve audit quality and mitigate audit risks, confirmation is a key component of the integrity of IT auditing (Janvrin, Caster, & Elder, 2010;Bergh, Hinna, Leka, & Zwetsloot, 2016;Axelsen, Green, & Ridley, 2017).…”

Section: Processing Integritymentioning

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Cpa Firm’s Cloud Auditing Provider for Performance Evaluation and Improvement: An Empirical Case of China

Chen

Tzeng

2018

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

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While CPA (Certified Public Accountant) firms utilize cloud auditing technologies to generate auditing reports and convey information to their clients in the Internet of Things (IoT) Era, they often cannot determine whether cloud auditing is a secure and effective form of communication with clients. Strategies related to cloud auditing provider evaluation and improvement planning are inherently multiple attribute decision making (MADM) issues and are very important to the auditor industry. To overcome these problems, this paper proposes an evaluation and improvement planning model to be a reference for CPA firms selecting the best cloud auditing provider, and illustrates an application of such a model through an empirical case study. The DEMATEL (decisionmaking trial and evaluation laboratory) approach is first used to analyze the interactive influence relationship map (IIRM) between the criteria and dimensions of cloud auditing technology. DANP (DEMATEL-based ANP) is then employed to calculate the influential weights of the dimensions and criteria. Finally, the modified VIKOR method is utilized to provide improvement priorities for performance cloud auditing provider satisfaction. Based on expert interviews, the recommendations for improvement priorities are privacy, security, processing integrity, availability, and confidentiality. This approach is expected to support the auditor industry to systematically improve their cloud auditing provider selection.

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“…In this context an auditee is an individual, department or organisation being audited. To give benefit to the organisation for the resources utilised in preparing, undertaking and following up audit activities afterwards, auditing should highlight evidence of compliance and best practice as well as report non-compliance and corrective action (Bergh et al, 2016). Compliance can be determined firstly in terms of whether the organisation's documented management system (FSMS and QMS) meets the criteria and requirements of the third party certification (TPC) standard or alternatively the requirements of legislation and official controls.…”

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Manning

2018

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Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes Triangulation: effective verification of food safety and quality management systems and associated organisational culture. Introduction The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC, 2003) defines verification as "the application of methods, procedures, tests and other evaluations, in addition to monitoring to determine compliance". The British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Food Standard builds on this in their definition of verification namely: "the application of methods, procedures, tests and other evaluations, in addition to monitoring, to determine whether a control or measure is or has been operating as intended" (BRC, 2015 p. 119). Alternatively, The Food Law Code of Practice (England) March 2017 (p148) defines verification as: "the checking, by examination, and the consideration of objective evidence, whether specified requirements have been fulfilled". Thus verification can be considered as the use of methods, procedures, tests and checks to provide objective evidence that requirements specified in either quality management system (QMS) or food safety management system (FSMS) standards, or in the FSMS/QMS designed by a particular organisation or an element of the organisation's FSMS/QMS have been met or organisational activities are operating as planned and how they were designed to function (Luning et al., 2009; Bergh et al., 2016). It is important to note here that in the literature food safety is sometimes seen as an independent food attribute and distinct from quality characteristics, whilst in other literature food safety attributes are seen as being a subset of overall quality attributes for a food material or product. Specified requirements can relate to the product, the process, people or general production environment and can be an element of regulatory compliance i.e. a legal requirement or market compliance, or both. Product verification, such as chemical, physical and microbiological analysis or hygiene testing including surface swabbing for microbiological analysis often involves high analytical costs, and sometimes inappropriate laboratory turnaround times that do not support a just-in-time driven food supply system (Manning, 2016). Process verification through the assessment of documentation, product and process certification and traceability data is less costly than destructive product inspection and testing, but such verification processes rest on the ability to assess valid, authentic, objective and representative evidence (Manning and Soon, 2014). Verification can be described as first party, where an organisation verifies its own activities; or second party whereby verification is undertaken within a supply chain between two parties where there is a contractual obligation e.g. supplier audits and third party. Third party verification is undertaken by an external organisation when the first party develops their QMS and their FSMS to meet a given system standard and an independent third party organisation undertakes verification activities to confirm t...

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Developing and testing an internal audit tool of the psychosocial work environment in the oil and gas industry

Cited by 16 publications

References 18 publications

Health and well-being of rotation workers in the mining, offshore oil and gas, and construction industry: a systematic review

Health and well-being of rotation workers in the mining, offshore oil and gas, and construction industry: a systematic review

Cpa Firm’s Cloud Auditing Provider for Performance Evaluation and Improvement: An Empirical Case of China

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