Macroergonomics as an organizing process for systems safety

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 450-458

  Haro, Elizabet ^a   Kleiner, Brian M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Macroergonomics; Systems safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CONSTRUCTION; ERGONOMICS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

MACROERGONOMIC ANALYSIS; MACROERGONOMICS; ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN; SYSTEMS SAFETY;

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ERGONOMICS; FATALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; JOB ANALYSIS; MACROERGONOMICS; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MANAGEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS MODEL; RUSH SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 43049120027     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.02.018     Document Type: Article

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