The Operational Demand Evaluation Checklist (ODEC) of workload for railway signalling

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 393-402

  Pickup, Laura ^a   Wilson, John ^a   Lowe, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NETWORK RAIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mental workload; Operational demand; Railway; Repertory Grid Technique; Signallers

Indexed keywords

RAILROADS; TRANSPORTATION;

MENTAL WORKLOAD; OPERATIONAL DEMANDS; RAILWAY; REPERTORY GRID TECHNIQUE; SIGNALLERS;

RAILS;

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; OPERATIONAL DEMAND EVALUATION CHECKLIST; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77649181197     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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