Boredom in the Workplace: A New Look at an Old Problem

Human Factors

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 279-300

  Cummings, Mary L ^a   Gao, Fei ^b   Thornburg, Kris M ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c United States Coast Guard ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

automation; boredom; distraction; fatigue; monitoring; monotony; workload

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MONITORING;

ATTENTION MANAGEMENT; BOREDOM; DISTRACTION; MITIGATION STRATEGY; MONOTONY; PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS; SUPERVISORY CONTROL; WORKLOAD;

PERSONNEL SELECTION;

ALERTNESS; AUTOMATION; BOREDOM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BIOENGINEERING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMATION; BOREDOM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958954365     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720815609503     Document Type: Article

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