Key Dimensions of Occupational Safety and Health Protection Management

Much remains to be known about occupational safety and health, occupational diseases, legislation, practices, and cases worldwide, as well as the implications for sustainable development in different countries in pandemic crisis conditions. Thus, a better understanding of the different safety and health management developments across different contexts to assess their impact on sustainability is needed. The Handbook of Research on Key Dimensions of Occupational Safety and Health Protection Management discusses the necessity to protect the workforce and the importance of occupational safety and health management. This book will encourage organizations to create a preventative safety and health culture. Covering topics such as economic development, employment injury insurance, and personnel security, this book is an excellent resource for managers of public and private organizations, executives, professionals, researchers, policymakers, human resource managers, government authorities, professionals, students, and academicians.

Snežana Živković is a Full Professor at Faculty of Occupational Safety, University of Niš. She received a PhD degree in Occupational Safety from Faculty of Occupational Safety, University of Niš. She has published over 250 papers in international monographs and leading scientific journals, including Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Environmental Science and Pollution Research and International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion. Professor Živković has been the author of 4 international monographs, 3 national monographs and 5 handbooks. Her research interests include occupational safety, organizational behavior, management and human resources, emergency management, protection of living and working environment. She is an executive editor of the scientific journal “Economics of Sustainable Development”. She has been the member of the organizing committee of numerous scientific conferences. In her rich scientific career, she worked as a reviewer for many scientific journals, including Themes, Economics, International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, Safety Engineering, Economics of Sustainable Development, etc.

Bojan Krstić , PhD, is a Full Professor of Management of Business Performance and Management of Intellectual Capital, Strategic Control of Enterprises and Theory of Enterprises at Faculty of Economics, University of Niš. He received a PhD degree in Business Management from Faculty of Economics, University of Niš. He has published over 330 papers in international monographs and leading scientific journals, including Prague Economic Papers, Economic Research, Acta Oeconomica, Development Southern Africa. Professor Krstić has been the editor of 21 international monographs, and also the author of 4 handbooks and 8 national monographs. His research interests include business performance management, intellectual capital management, strategic management, theory of firm, performance management of non-profit organizations, corporate social responsibility, and economics of sustainable development. Professor Krstić is a member of the program committee of ten international conferences, a member of the editorial board of four scientific journals.

Tamara Rađenović , PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Faculty of Occupational Safety, University of NIš. She earned her MA in Finance and Investments with Merit from Nottingham University Business School, the UK in 2007, and PhD in Economics from the Faculty of Economics, University of Niš, Serbia in 2018. From 2011 to 2018 she was a Teaching Assistant for Public Sector Economics at Faculty of Economics. He teaches Safety Economics at undergraduate studies, and Economics of Occupational Safety, Economics of Environmental Protection, Efficiency of Communal Systems at master studies. Her areas of interest include: safety economics, economics of sustainable development, intellectual capital management, performance management, macroeconomics, economic development, financial markets, public-private partnerships, competitiveness, and real options. She has published over 50 papers in the journals indexed in WoS and Scopus including Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics, Acta Oeconomica. She is a co-author of two monographs in the field of Strategic and Operational Intellectual Capital Management.