Lighting level and productivity: A field study in the electronics industry

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 615-624

  Juslen H T ^a,b   Wouters, M C H M ^c   Tenner, A D ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Philips Lighting Finland   (Finland)

^c PHILIPS LIGHTING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Industrial environment; Lighting; Productivity; Speed

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; LIGHTING; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL;

ELECTRONIC DEVICES;

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; SUMMER; TASK PERFORMANCE; WINTER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIGHTING; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33847306391     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130601155001     Document Type: Article

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