A Classification System for Characterization of Physical and Non-Physical Work Factors

Ash GenaidyIndustrial Engineering and Biostatistics/Epidemiology Programs, University of Cincinnati, OH, USACorrespondence[email protected]

Waldemar KarwowskiCenter for Industrial Ergonomics, University of Louisville, KY, USA

Paul SuccopIndustrial Engineering and Biostatistics/Epidemiology Programs, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA

Young-Guk KwonDepartment of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Kwandong University, Korea

Ahmed AlhemoudKuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat, Kuwait

Dev GoyalIndustrial Engineering and Biostatistics/Epidemiology Programs, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA

Abstract

A comprehensive evaluation of work-related perfomance factors is a prerequisite to developing integrated and long-term solutions to workplace performance improvement. This paper describes a work-factor classification system that categorizes the entire domain of workplace factors impacting performance. A questionnaire-based instrument was developed to implement this classification system in industry. Fifty jobs were evaluated in 4 different service and manufacturing companies using the proposed questionnaire-based instrument. The reliability coefficients obtained from the analyzed jobs were considered good (.589 to .862). In general, the physical work factors resulted in higher reliability coefficients (.847 to .862) than non-physical work factors (.589 to .768). performance work-factor system classification

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