Work environment and the bottom line: Survey of tools relating work environment to business results

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 368-381

  Rose, Linda Maria ^a   Orrenius, Ulf Erik ^b   Neumann, Walther Patrick ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ERAK   (Sweden)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business performance; economics; Ergonomics; Financial impact; Human factors; Investment analysis; Management; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING SYSTEM; BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; COMPANY PERFORMANCE; FINANCIAL IMPACTS; INVESTMENT ANALYSIS; MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING; WORK ENVIRONMENTS; WORKING ENVIRONMENT;

ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS; TOOLS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84882249892     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: 15206564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20324     Document Type: Article

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