Participatory ergonomics: Development of an employee assessment questionnaire

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 360-369

  Matthews, Russell A ^a   Gallus, Jessica A ^b   Henning, Robert A ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee perceptions; Participatory ergonomics; Safety

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT VALIDITY; EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT; EMPLOYEE PERCEPTIONS; IN-PHASE; KEY COMPONENT; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MANUFACTURING PLANT; PARTICIPATORY ERGONOMICS; PHASE 1; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; SAFETY;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIOENGINEERING; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78650028507     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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