Task design, psycho-social work climate and upper extremity pain disorders - Effects of an organisational redesign on manual repetitive assembly jobs

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 463-472

  Christmansson, Marita ^a   Fridén, Jan ^b   Sollerman, Christer ^b  

^a Lindholmen Science Park   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assembly jobs; Organisational change; WMSDs

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; JOB ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EXTREMITY PAIN DISORDERS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WORK CLIMATE;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MOTIVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PHYSICAL STRESS; RISK; SKILL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0033213760     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(98)00060-X     Document Type: Article

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