Sustainable Work Systems: A Challenge for Macroergonomics?

Kubek, Vanessa; Fischer, Klaus; Zink, Klaus J.

doi:10.1080/21577323.2014.979304

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“…En este sentido, Dul & Neumann (2009) mencionan que para las empresas es de gran importancia de que se deje de ver la ergonomía como un medio que ayuda solo a prevenir enfermedades y poder apreciar su contribución en aspectos prioritarios para las empresas modernas, como son el cumplimiento de los objetivos del negocio, el desarrollo sostenible de las organizaciones y la responsabilidad social empresarial que conduce al progreso sostenible en los ámbitos, social, económico y ambiental (Andrade et al, 2020;Rodríguez Pérez de Agreda et al, 2019;Kubek et al, 2015).…”

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Representaciones sociales de la Ergonomía en personal directivo

Salazar¹

2022

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La ergonomía se enfoca en el estudio de las interacciones humanas, con el propósito de optimizar el bienestar humano y general. El concepto de ergonomía ha ido evolucionando a enfoques sistémicos que propenden por el adecuado equilibrio entre la economía, la sociedad y el ambiente. Sin embargo, este avance conceptual no siempre se refleja el accionar empresarial, por lo que esta investigación busca analizar la representación social que los directivos empresariales tienen de la ergonomía, para tratar de comprender si este es uno de los factores que afectan el limitado alcance de la ergonomía en países como Colombia. Para ello, se llevó a cabo una investigación cualitativa de enfoque estructural de las representaciones sociales del término ergonomía, en 21 directivos de empresas. En los resultados, se determinó que el núcleo central de la representación social estuvo constituido por los términos “salud, confort, postura”, siendo las categorías “Relación y beneficios” las más referidas. Esta investigación permite concluir que, en los participantes del estudio, la visión de la ergonomía se encuentra más orientada hacia la microergonomía en el dominio de la ergonomía física, evidenciando un limitado conocimiento de los alcances de la ergonomía actual.

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Representaciones sociales de la Ergonomía en personal directivo

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2022

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“…A sustainable work system has three main attributes: regenerates the resources used (employees, ecological, etc. ); does not deplete one kind of capital at the expense of another; and invests in maintaining the overall viability of the system (Kubek et al , 2015). …”

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“…The idea is to use all possible means for integrating the principles of sustainability into all undertakings, across the entire lifecycle and supply chain of construction projects (Wang et al , 2014a). This definition of sustainability is broadening the boundaries of its coverage, with increasing relevance for companies to revisit the whole value creation chain, and shift to a life cycle perspective that concerns both products and work systems alike (Gareis et al , 2013; Zink, 2014; Kubek et al , 2015; Olanipekun et al , 2017).…”

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Engineering project networks: providing “sustainable work systems” for construction knowledge workers

Hosseini

Edwards

Singh

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Purpose The construction industry faces three emergent developments that in all likelihood will transform the industry into the future. First, engineering project networks (EPNs), in which teams collaborate on projects remotely in time and space, are transforming global construction practices. Second, as a major consumer of resources and significant producer of green-house gases, construction is under pressure to reduce its carbon footprint. Third, the construction industry presents as one of the least socially sustainable work environments, with high job dissatisfaction, skewed work–life balance and over representation of depressive and mental disorders. It is incumbent on the industry to reconcile these issues. Specifically, what scope is there to shape the evolution of EPNs towards a configuration that both promotes sustainability generally, and enhances quality of work-life issues, while at the same time continuing to apprehend the economic dividends for which it is adopted? As salient as this question is, it has not been broached in the literature. Therefore, this study aims to survey the extent to which EPNs align with the sustainability agenda, more broadly, and that of employee work-place satisfaction, more specifically. Design/methodology/approach A literature review of current knowledge of these concerns is explored and a summative assessment presented. Findings To the best of the authors’ knowledge, as the first in its kind, the study brings to light that EPNs go a long way towards facilitating economic objectives, part way towards realising ecological and sociological objectives but make hardly any impact on improving employee work satisfaction. Originality/value This paper examines an entirely novel area that has not been studied yet. Future research should take up this finding to determine how EPNs may be further adapted to accommodate these wider necessary objectives.

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“…They span the domains of construction (Ghosh & Dickerson, 2015), healthcare (Fray, Waterson, & Munro, 2015), and manufacturing (Larson, Wick, Hallbeck, & Vink, 2015). Kubek, Fischer, and Zink (2015) implicate entire international supply chains in their conceptualization of macroergonomics for sustainable work systems. The papers also address a wide range of topics:

Larson et al (2015) evaluate the nature of successful HFE interventions with implications for assessing and promoting corporate ergonomic programs.

Weidman, Dickerson, and Koebel (2015) develop a conceptual model and survey instrument for assessing the factors that influence industry adoption of a national macroergonomic initiative.

Sznelwar and Hubault (2015) examine workers’ goal-directed activity as a guiding principle and resource for the participatory design of work organization.

Ghosh and Dickerson (2015) adapt a measurement approach for interpersonal interactions to describe communication in construction project meetings.

Fray et al (2015) study the relationship between patient handling and patient safety climate in a UK hospital.

Kubek et al (2015) consider the concept of a sustainable work system as a potential paradigm for HFE and macroergonomics.

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“…Kubek et al (2015) consider the concept of a sustainable work system as a potential paradigm for HFE and macroergonomics.…”

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Occupational Macroergonomics: Principles, Scope, Value, and Methods

Holden

Rivera

Carayon

2015

IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors

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Sustainable Work Systems: A Challenge for Macroergonomics?

Cited by 9 publications

References 19 publications

Representaciones sociales de la Ergonomía en personal directivo

Representaciones sociales de la Ergonomía en personal directivo

Engineering project networks: providing “sustainable work systems” for construction knowledge workers

Occupational Macroergonomics: Principles, Scope, Value, and Methods

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