Organisational factors and scheduling in locomotive engineers and conductors: Effects on fatigue, health and social well-being

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-71

  Ku, Chia Hua ^a   Smith, Michael J ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Locomotive engineers and conductors; Organisational factors; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; HEALTH; LOCOMOTIVES; RAILROADS; SURVEYS;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; FREIGHT OPERATORS; LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS; ORGANISATIONAL FACTORS; RELATED FACTORS; SCHEDULING SYSTEMS; SOCIAL WELL-BEING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

SCHEDULING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGINEERING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; WELLBEING; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 70349772025     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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