Supporting the design of office layout meeting ergonomics requirements

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 781-790

  Margaritis, Spyros ^a   Marmaras, Nicolas ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PROCESS DESIGN;

FUNCTIONAL DESIGN GUIDELINES; OFFICE LAYOUTS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; JOB PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34347354239     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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