Evaluating Mental Workload for Improved Workplace Performance

Evaluating Mental Workload for Improved Workplace Performance
Author: Realyvásquez-Vargas, Arturo
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2019-11-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1799810534

Employees of different labor sectors are involved in different projects and pressed to deliver results in a specific period of time, which increases their mental workload. This increase can lead to a high mental workload, which in turn leads to a decline in job performance. Therefore, strategies for managing mental workload and promoting mental health have become necessary for corporate success. Evaluating Mental Workload for Improved Workplace Performance is a critical scholarly book that provides comprehensive research on mental workload and the effects, both adverse and positive, that it can have on employee populations as well as strategies for decreasing or deleting it from the labor sector. Highlighting an array of topics such as psychosocial factors, critical success factors (CSF), and technostress, this book is ideal for academicians, researchers, managers, ergonomists, engineers, industrial designers, industry practitioners, and students.

Research Anthology on Changing Dynamics of Diversity and Safety in the Workforce

Research Anthology on Changing Dynamics of Diversity and Safety in the Workforce
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 2129
Release: 2021-07-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1668424061

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the importance of safety and ergonomics in the workplace. From work-life balance and mental health to risk prevention, maintaining a healthy and happy workforce has become essential for the progress of every company. Moreover, ensuring inclusive spaces has become a pillar of business with some worrying that the diversity agenda will be overshadowed by the recent pandemic. It is imperative that current research is compiled that sheds light on the advancements being made in promoting diversity and wellbeing in the modern workforce. The Research Anthology on Changing Dynamics of Diversity and Safety in the Workforce is a comprehensive reference source that provides the latest emerging research on diversity management and initiatives as well as occupational health and safety practices in the workplace. These concepts are necessary for global workplaces to remain safe, efficient, and inclusive. Covering topics such as employee equity, human resources practices, and worker wellbeing, this anthology provides an excellent resource for researchers, human resources personnel, managers, safety officers, policymakers, CEOs, students, professors, and academicians.

Research Methods in Occupational Epidemiology

Research Methods in Occupational Epidemiology
Author: Harvey Checkoway
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 366
Release: 1989-05-25
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199748667

Occupational epidemiology has emerged as a distinct subdiscipline of epidemiology and occupational medicine, addressing fundamental public health and scientific questions relating to the specification of exposure-response relationships, assessment of the adequacy of occupational exposure guidelines, and extrapolation of hazardous effects to other settings. This book reviews the wide range of principles and methods used in epidemiologic studies of working populations. It describes the historical development of occupational epidemiology, the approaches to characterizing workplace exposures, and the methods for designing and implementing epidemiologic studies. The relative strengths and limitations of different study designs are emphasized. Also included are more advanced discussions of statistical analysis, the estimation of doses to biological targets, and applications of the data derived from occupational epidemiology studies to disease modeling and risk assessment. The volume will serve both as a textbook in epidemiology and occupational medicine courses and as a practical handbook for the design, implementation, and interpretation of research in this field.

Setting the Limit

Setting the Limit
Author: Sven Ove Hansson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 198
Release: 1998
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780195121605

Occupational exposure limits exemplify the practical application of moral values in medical science. But are they really effective in protecting workers from chemical hazards? In order to answer this question on the basis of sound empirical evidence, this book presents an unusually detailed and comprehensive analysis of three lists of exposure limits from the United States, Germany and Sweden. Hansson analyzes the nature of toxicological knowledge and discusses how the standards of proof required in a regulatory context differ from those appropriate in pure science. In his view, decision-makers must deal not only with the known risks but also with the uncertainties that arise as a consequence of the incompleteness of toxicological information. With this in mind, he proposes new ways to organize exposure limits and to evaluate toxicological data for regulatory purposes. Setting the Limit is a thorough, detailed study of the application of ethical principles in an important area of public health practice. It is intended for occupational health professionals and risk analysts, as well as philosophers and sociologists of science.

Work Engagement

Work Engagement
Author: Wilmar Schaufeli
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2014-02-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9780470972410

Introduction to Factor Analysis

Introduction to Factor Analysis
Author: Jae-On Kim
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1978-11
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780803911659

Describes the mathematical and logical foundations at a level that does not presume advanced mathematical or statistical skills. It illustrates how to do factor analysis with several of the more popular packaged computer programs.

The Mechanisms of Job Stress and Strain

The Mechanisms of Job Stress and Strain
Author: John R. P. French
Publisher: Chichester [Sussex] ; New York : J. Wiley
Total Pages: 174
Release: 1982
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

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Work Stress and Health in a Globalized Economy

Work Stress and Health in a Globalized Economy
Author: Johannes Siegrist
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2016-07-06
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 3319329375

This book provides a comprehensive, updated summary of research evidence on the effects of stressful working and employment conditions on workers’ health, as based on one of the worldwide leading theoretical models, effort-reward imbalance. It offers three innovative features that are appealing for research as well as for policy. Firstly, it presents and discusses comparable research findings from different continents, in particular from Japan, China, and Latin America. Secondly, it extends the conceptual framework of research on this topic by analysing associations of work stress with health in a life course perspective, and by linking these associations to the macro-level of national labour and social policies. Thirdly, the book helps to strengthen programs and policies that aim at promoting healthy work locally, nationally, and internationally, by providing solid facts on which such programs can be based.

Professional Burnout

Professional Burnout
Author: Wilmar B. Schaufeli
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2018-12-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1351421158

A rapidly growing number of people experience psychological strain at their workplace. In almost all industrialized countries, absenteeism and turnover rates increase, and an increasing amount of workers receive disablement benefits because of psychological problems. This book, first published in 1993, concentrates on a specific kind of occupational stress: burnout, the depletion of energy resources as a result of continuous emotional demands of the job. This volume presents theoretical perspectives that had been developed in the United States and Europe, discusses methodological issues, and examines organisational contexts. Written by an international group of leading scholars, this book will be of interest to students of both psychology and human resource management.

Artificial Intelligence, Computer and Software Engineering Advances

Artificial Intelligence, Computer and Software Engineering Advances
Author: Miguel Botto-Tobar
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2021-04-20
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030680835

This book constitutes the proceedings of the XV Multidisciplinary International Congress on Science and Technology (CIT 2020), held in Quito, Ecuador, on 26–30 October 2020, proudly organized by Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE in collaboration with GDEON. CIT is an international event with a multidisciplinary approach that promotes the dissemination of advances in Science and Technology research through the presentation of keynote conferences. In CIT, theoretical, technical, or application works that are research products are presented to discuss and debate ideas, experiences, and challenges. Presenting high-quality, peer-reviewed papers, the book discusses the following topics: Artificial Intelligence Computational Modeling Data Communications Defense Engineering Innovation, Technology, and Society Managing Technology & Sustained Innovation, and Business Development Modern Vehicle Technology Security and Cryptography Software Engineering