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Control Number314169
Date and Time of Latest Transaction20150706093634.AM
General Information150706s |||||||||b ||00|||
Cataloging SourceSTII-DOST
Local Call NumberScienceDirect
Main Entry - Personal NameLehr, Christian B.
 Thun, Jorn-Henrik
 Bierwirth, Max
Title StatementFeel free to feel comfortable An empirical analysisofergonomicsinthe German automotiveindustry by Jorn-Henrik Thun, Christian B. Lehr and Max Bierwirth
Physical Descriptionpages 551-561 computer file; text; 748kb
Summary, Etc.The purpose of this paper is to examine ways to improve ergonomics on the manufacturing shop floor. In particular, the impact of certain ergonomic practices on companies' economic and social objectives is investigated empirically. In order to do so, a survey has been conducted among manufacturing managers of 55 companies in the German automotive industry. The managers have been asked about their estimations on harmful tasks within the production process and on the effectiveness of various practices in the context of ergonomics and health. Worker-oriented and work-oriented practices of ergonomics are operationalized using factor analysis. By means of a cluster analysis, companies with a high degree of implementation of ergonomic practices are identified. The analysis shows that plants with a higher implementation degree of ergonomic practices show a better performance in terms of economic and social objectives. Furthermore, the results reveal that work-oriented practices lead to better performance with respect to the investigated economic and social objectives, whereas worker-oriented practices play a supporting role only. Finally recommendations for manufacturing companies with regard to the field of ergonomics are derived from the empirical results
Subject Added Entry - Topical TermSocial sciences
 Occupational safety and health
 Ergonomic aid
 Automobile industry -- Production processes
LocationDOST STII ScienceDirect NONPRINTS NP 14-16544 1 14-16544 Online/Download 2012-01-19
 
     
 
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