Advances in Social & Occupational Ergonomics: Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Social and Occupational Ergonomics, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA

This book reports on cutting-edge research related to social and occupational factors. It presents innovative contributions to the optimization of sociotechnical management systems, which consider organizational, policy, and logistical issues. It discusses timely topics related to communication, crew resource management, work design, participatory design, as well as teamwork, community ergonomics, cooperative work, and warning systems. Moreover, it reports on new work paradigms, organizational cultures, virtual organizations, telework, and quality management. The book reports on cutting-edge infrastructures implemented for different purposes such as urban, health, and enterprise. It discusses the growing role of automated systems and presents innovative solutions addressing the needs of special populations. Based on the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Social and Occupational Ergonomics, held on July 27-31 in Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA, the book provides readers with a comprehensive view of the current challenges in both organizational and occupational ergonomics, highlighting key connections between them and underlining the importance of emotional factors in influencing human performance. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Usage of Simulation Technology for Macroergonomic Industrial Systems Improvement....Pages 3-14 3D Laser Models for the Ergonomic Assessment of the Working Environment....Pages 15-23 A Multi-Criterial Hardware Assessment of the Psychophysical Capacity of Workers in the Investigation of Fatigue....Pages 25-34 The Maintenance Management in the Macro-Ergonomics Context....Pages 35-46 Agreement for Safety in the Building Sector as a Good Practice to Improve Safety in the Work Environment....Pages 47-56 A Process-Oriented Design Knowledge Management Method....Pages 57-66 Front Matter....Pages 67-67 Caregiver Centered Transfer Aid Designed for Home Care Needs....Pages 69-78 Employment Opportunities for Mature Age People in the Electrical Sector in Lodz Voivodeship in Poland....Pages 79-92 A Future Framework of Knowledge-Based Ergonomics Assessment System at Workplace in Automotive Assembly Plant....Pages 93-105 Quality Management in Toy and Children’s Furniture Manufacturing....Pages 107-115 Modelling Formation of Attitudes to Change....Pages 117-127 Employment of Persons with Disabilities in Poland: What Do Small and Micro Enterprise Employers Know?....Pages 129-141 Front Matter....Pages 143-143 Proposing a Conceptual Model for Examining the Influence of Individual and Work-Related Factors on Work Ability....Pages 145-151 The Participatory Ergonomics in the Design of Safety Systems in Complex Work Systems....Pages 153-165 Elements of Workforce Diversity in Japanese Nursing Workplace....Pages 167-176 Research on Urban Rail Driver’s Mental Workload Based on Extenics....Pages 177-188 Analyzing the Impact that Lack of Supervision Has on Safety Culture and Accident Rates as a Proactive Approach to Curbing the South African Railway Industry’s High Incident Occurrence Rate....Pages 189-197 Front Matter....Pages 199-199 Video Gaming and Its Implications on the Epidemiology of Office Work Related Upper Limb Disorders....Pages 201-213 Occupational Stresses on Employees in Lean Production Systems....Pages 215-226 Customer-Related Stressors and Effects on Burnout: A Study in Turkey....Pages 227-233 Front Matter....Pages 199-199 Using Axiomatic Design to Identify the Elements That Affect the Evaluation of Comfort/Discomfort Perception....Pages 235-248 A Model of Improving Individual Satisfaction in Group Conversation Based on Estimation of Group Status....Pages 249-260 The Place of Health Design for Health Promotion: The Pediatrics Design Process Focus in Humanization at Santa Casa’s Hospital Montes Claros—Brazil....Pages 261-270 Prevalence of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among the Iranian Working Population in Different Sectors of Industries....Pages 271-281 Causes of Workplace Stress in Textile Industry of Developing Countries: A Case Study from Pakistan....Pages 283-294 Quality of Work Life, Depression and Anxiety in Administrative Staff of an Institution of Higher Education....Pages 295-304 Front Matter....Pages 305-305 Stimulation of Voluntary Motivation Toward Safety Management Activities: Activity Inactivation by Mannerism....Pages 307-316 Development of a Taxonomy of Human Error Causation of Accidents Involving Injuries to Hands in the Harnesses Industry....Pages 317-324 Ergonomic Risk Assessment of Sea Fishermen Part I: Manual Material Handling....Pages 325-332 Ergonomic Risk Assessment of Sea Fishermen Part II: Upper Limb Repetitive Movements....Pages 333-340 A Novel to Approach to Quantify the Risk Probabilities for a Risk Analysis Methodology....Pages 341-347 Methodology of Risk Analysis to Health and Occupational Safety Integrated for the Principles of Lean Manufacturing....Pages 349-353 Machine-Man-Task System Approach and Regulatory Standard NR 17—Ergonomics....Pages 355-368 Mobbing as a Psycho-social Risk at Work: A Study in Turkey....Pages 369-376 Ergonomic Hazards Mapping System (EHMS) for Musculoskeletal Disorders Detection....Pages 377-386 Redesign of Workstation to Reduce the Risk of Wrist Lesion to Improve Work Conditions in an Industry Focused on the Assembly of Spark Plug Wire....Pages 387-393 Front Matter....Pages 395-395 The Relationship Between Sustained Attention and Mindfulness Among U.S. Active Duty Service Members and Veterans....Pages 397-407 Human and Economic Factors of Long-Distance Commuting Technology: Analysis of Arctic Practices....Pages 409-420 Analysis of Organizational and Human Factors in the Local Production Arrangement of the Hotel Chain to Avoid Social and Environmental Impacts, Case Study of Maragogi, Alagoas, Brazil....Pages 421-433 The Way to Use the Guidelines for Supporting Resilience Enhancement: From Verifying Effectiveness Using Before-After Comparison Test Design of Two Fitness Centers....Pages 435-445 Front Matter....Pages 395-395 The Effects of a Trust Violation and Trust Repair in a Distributed Team Decision-Making Task: Exploring the Affective Component of Trust....Pages 447-459 Applying Triangulation Method to Strengthen Validity of Integrated Balanced Scorecard’s Performance Measurement Model for Supply Chain’s Actors and Regulators....Pages 461-466