Human factors in a dynamic information society: Where are we heading?

Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 869-879

  Rasmussen, Jens ^a  

^a NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Academic research constraints; Competitive pressure; Crossdisciplinary research; Design oriented research; Dynamic society problems; Ecological information systems

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INFORMATION SYSTEM; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIETY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0033926404     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401300409071     Document Type: Article

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