Does human factors/ergonomics contribute to the quality of life?

Hancock, Peter A.; Drury, Colin G.

doi:10.1080/1464536x.2011.559293

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“…Wilkin (2010) noted that this 'value-free' ideology of ergonomics essentially supports the status quo values of work systems and therefore are not actually value-free. Hancock and Drury (2011) took this challenge further and noted that ergonomics research and practice is largely aimed at addressing the quality of life of the 'few' people who were the specified subject of investigations. In these cases the benefit is towards people funding the research or practice and the values are those of financial stability.…”

Section: Recent Responses From the Ergonomics Communitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In these cases the benefit is towards people funding the research or practice and the values are those of financial stability. Instead, Hancock and Drury (2011) challenged ergonomics to consider the broader question of how we might contribute to quality of life for all communities, societies, and indeed the human population. Building on Wilkin's (2010) work, Dekker et al (2013) considered the values for ergonomics in the context of sustainability.…”

Section: Recent Responses From the Ergonomics Communitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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State of Science: ergonomics and global issues

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In his 1993 IEA keynote address, Neville Moray urged the ergonomics discipline to face up to the global problems facing humanity and consider how ergonomics might help find some of the solutions. In this State of Science article we critically evaluate what the ergonomics discipline has achieved in the last two and a half decades to help create a secure future for humanity. Moray's challenges for ergonomics included deriving a value structure that moves us beyond a Westernised view of worker-organisation-technology fit, taking a multidisciplinary approach which engages with other social and biological sciences, considering the gross cross-cultural factors that determine how different societies function, paying more attention to mindful consumption, and embracing the complexity of our interconnected world. This article takes a socio-historical approach by considering the factors that influence what has been achieved since Moray's keynote address. We conclude with our own set of predictions for the future and priorities for addressing the challenges that we are likely to face. Practitioner Summary: We critically reflect on what has been achieved by the ergonomics profession in addressing the global challenges raised by Moray's 1993 keynote address to the International Ergonomics Association. Apart from healthcare, the response has largely been weak and disorganised. We make suggestions for priority research and practice that is required to facilitate a sustainable future for humanity.

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Section: Recent Responses From the Ergonomics Communitymentioning

confidence: 99%

State of Science: ergonomics and global issues

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“…Moreover, when macroergonomics is incorporated early in the design process to eliminate future hazards or difficulties, it can be hard to estimate what could have gone wrong (Bias & Mayhew, 2005). An additional challenge is identifying for whom macroergonomics has value (Hancock & Drury, 2011). Fischer et al (2015) address this topic and ask, for example, are employee, organizational, and environmental stakeholders equal recipients of value and at whose expense is value created?…”

Section: The Value Of (Macro)ergonomicsmentioning

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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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“…The series of papers by Moray (1993Moray ( , 1995Moray ( , 2000 provided a call to action emphasizing behavioral change within a systems approach. More recently, Hancock and Drury (2011) raised the issue of how we need to respond ethically. Last year, a complete issue of Ergonomics (Haslam & Waterson, 2013) was devoted to HF/E and sustainability.…”

Section: Potential Hf/e Responses and Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%