A strategy for human factors/ergonomics: Developing the discipline and profession

Ergonomics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 377-395

  Dul, Jan ^a   Bruder, Ralph ^b   Buckle, Peter ^c   Carayon, Pascale ^d   Falzon, Pierre ^e   Marras, William S ^f   Wilson, John R ^g   van der Doelen, Bas ^h  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^e Unité de Recherches Mesures Physiques Métrologie   (France)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h BMA Ergonomics ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

future of ergonomics; human factors ergonomics discipline; human factors ergonomics profession; performance; product service systems; work systems

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; DEVELOPMENT PLANS; FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH-QUALITY STANDARDS; INTERACTIVITY; IS DESIGN; KEY ELEMENTS; PERFORMANCE; STAKEHOLDER GROUPS; STRATEGIC DIRECTION; SYSTEMS APPROACH; VALUE PROPOSITION; WORK SYSTEM;

DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859182345     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2012.661087     Document Type: Article

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