The Relationship Between Wet Bulb Globe Temperature and Physiological Strain Index in Muslim Women in Hot-Dry Condition in the Climatic Chamber

The Effects of Heat Stress on Job Satisfaction, Job Performance and Occupational Stress in Casting Workers

“…Technology development could be followed by improvement in physical conditions e.g. temperature, noise and lighting, which cause improvement in performance (7). A number of researches have studied the psychological effects of the environment on other environment features and in some other studies the physical effects of the environment on psychological factors (8)(9)(10).…”

“…Attention to workplace heat is not only important to workplace health but is also a contributing factor for better produc-tion and facilitates workers job performance (15). Therefore, obtaining a healthy work environment that means an environment bearing low psychological and physical disorders is the main purpose of such studies (7). A hot environment is a kind of unhealthy environment and in the recent years its psychological effects on workers have increased.…”

Climate Change and Heat Stress Resilient Outdoor Workers: Findings from Systematic Literature Review

“…Gender differences in temperature regulation become more apparent under varying heat loads (8). In general, women lose more heat through convection (11), which is advantageous in hot-humid environments (52), while men lose more heat through evaporation, which is more pronounced in hot-dry environments (53). The resilience of vulnerable worker groups to heat stress can be compromised despite existing standards and knowledge.…”