Do the work stress factors of women telephone operators change with the shift schedules?

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 449-461

  Nag, Anjali ^a   Nag, Pranab Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Aspects of work; Health and well being dimensions; Shiftwork; Women VDT cum telephone operators; Work system analysis

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

TELEPHONE OPERATORS; WORK SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

JOB ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATOR; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; STRESS; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 1642421932     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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