The role of human-at-work systems in business sustainability: Perspectives based on expert and qualified production workers in a manufacturing enterprise

Ergonomics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 559-585

  Genaidy, Ash M ^a,b   Rinder, Maria M ^b   Sequeira, Reynold ^a   A Rehim, Amal ^b  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b WorldTek Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Human at work; Manufacturing service enterprise; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS IMPROVEMENTS; BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY; COMPANY MANAGEMENT; COMPATIBILITY LEVELS; COMPETITIVE BUSINESS; COMPLEX INTERACTION; ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE; ENTERPRISE SYSTEM; GLOBAL ECONOMIES; INDUSTRIAL MANAGERS; JOB PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE; MENTAL TASKS; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; PRODUCTION WORKERS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SHIFT-AND; SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES; SMALL MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES; WORK COMPATIBILITY; WORK DOMAINS; WORK ENVIRONMENTS; WORK SYSTEM;

COMPLEXATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PERSONNEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950875932     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130903528558     Document Type: Article

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