Job redesign needs for aged workers

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 471-483

  Kawakami, Mitsuyuki ^a   Inoue, Fumihiko ^b   Ohkubo, Takao ^c   Ueno, Toshio ^d  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nittsu Research Center Inc   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged workers; Assembly operations; Ergonomics; Job redesign; Labor productivity; Work intensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008794159     PISSN: 10803548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.1998.11076405     Document Type: Article

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