Rail signallers' assessments of their satisfaction with different shift work systems

Ergonomics

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1656-1671

  Ryan, B ^a   Wilson, J R ^a,b   Sharples, S ^a   Kenvyn, F ^c   Clarke, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Network Rail   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Consecutive shifts; Direction of rotation; Length of shift; Shift work survey; Worker satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; RAILS; SURVEYS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VEHICLE WHEELS;

AGE; CONSECUTIVE SHIFTS; DIRECTION OF ROTATION; LENGTH OF SHIFT; SHIFT-WORK SURVEY; WORKER SATISFACTION;

ROTATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; SHIFT WORKER; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAILROADS; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 55049134804     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130802331591     Document Type: Article

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