Reliability of an observational tool to assess the organization of work

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 260-266

  Howard, Ninica ^a   Spielholz, Peregrin ^a   Bao, Stephen ^a   Silverstein, Barbara ^a   Fan, Z Joyce ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Inter rater reliability; Internal consistency reliability; Principal component analysis; Work organization

Indexed keywords

COMBINED EFFECTS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INTER-RATER RELIABILITY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; WORK ORGANIZATION;

QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 58049159921     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2008.02.018     Document Type: Article

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