Designing sustainable work systems: The need for a systems approach

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 126-132

  Zink, Klaus J ^a  

^a Institut Für Technologie Und Arbeit Institute for Technology and Work   (Germany)

Author keywords

Sustainability; Sustainable work systems; System ergonomics; Work system design

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC GOALS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL DIMENSIONS; SUSTAINABLE WORK; SYSTEM ERGONOMICS; SYSTEMS APPROACH; VALUE CREATION; WORK SYSTEM DESIGN;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENT; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUSTAINABLE WORK SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS APPROACH; WORK; WORK SYSTEM DESIGN;

SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE WORK SYSTEMS; SYSTEM ERGONOMICS; WORK SYSTEM DESIGN;

COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84885179696     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.03.023     Document Type: Article

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