The impact of organizational ergonomics on work effectiveness: With special reference to concurrent engineering in manufacturing industries

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 614-637

  Duffy, Vincent G ^a   Salvendy, Gavriel ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Concurrent engineering; Ergonomics; Macroergonomics; Organizations; Rewards; Work effectiveness

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; JOB ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MACROERGONOMICS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; ENGINEERING; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; TEAMWORK;

EID: 0033120614     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399185513     Document Type: Article

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