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Rebecca Loudoun

BA, BCom, PhD
Lecturer, Department of Industrial Relations
Griffith University
QLD 4111 AUSTRALIA

Education

Dr Loudoun has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland, a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) from Griffith University and a PhD from the University of Queensland.

Research Interests

Dr Loudoun’s research interests focus on organisational, social and economic issues influencing health and safety performance. She has particular interests in the nexus between industrial relations and health and  safety including: work intensification and working time (shift roster scheduling, fatigue and extended hours of work); labour market profiles and health and safety outcomes; and, the role of unions in influencing health and safety outcomes. She is a member of the Labour Regulation Research Unit of the Socio-Legal Research Centre at Griffith University.

Selected Publications (by date, since 2000)

Loudoun, R. (2008). ‘Balancing shiftwork and life outside work: do 12-hour shifts make a difference?’, Applied Ergonomics 39(5), 363-370.

Loudoun, R and Allan, C. (2008). ‘The effect of time of day on injury patterns amongst adolescents in Australia’, Applied Ergonomics 39(5), 572-579.

Russell, S., Lafferty, G. and Loudoun, R. (2008). ‘Environmental regulation of the tourism industry: identifying the importance of management perceptions and relationships’, Current Issues in Tourism, 11(2), 126-144.

Allan, C., Loudoun, R. and Peetz, P. (2007) ‘Influences on work/non-work conflict’, The Journal of Sociology, 43(3) 219-241.

Loudoun, R. (2007). ‘A longitudinal study of disruption to partners of shiftworkers on 8- and 12-hour shifts’. Journal of Occupational Health and Safety Australia and New Zealand, 23(2), 179-187.

Barry, M. and R. Loudoun (2006) ‘Industrial relations, occupational safety and health, and union organising in Australia : lessons and opportunities’, Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 4(1) 31-44. 

Woods, P., Jordan, P., Loudoun, R Troth, A., Kerr, D. (2006) ‘Effective teaching in the multicultural business classroom’, The Journal of Teaching in International Business, 17(4), 27-48

Pisarski, A. and Loudoun, R (2007). 'Shiftwork and fatigue', in the Australian Master OHS and Environment Guide, CCH Australia, Sydney.

Loudoun, R. and Pisarski, A. (2005) ‘Understanding and managing the risks associated with shiftwork’, in Mayhew, C. and Peterson, C. (eds), Managing OHS Risks in the Health Care Sector, CCH Australia, Sydney.

A. Roan, G. Lafferty, R. Loudoun (2002),’Survivors and victim: a case  study of organisational restructuring in the public health sector’, New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations, 27(2):151-169.

R. Loudoun, and B. Harley (2001),’Industrial relations decentralisation  and the growth of 12-hour Shifts in Australia’, Journal of Industrial Relations, 43(4): 402-422.