Paper Info
Title
A Study Of Computerized Offices In Greece: Are Ergonomic Design Requirements Met?
Abstract
In this study, an investigation was conducted into the extent to which ergonomic requirements for work on computers are met in Greek office workstations. The ergonomic requirements considered were those included in Council Directive 90/270/EEC (1990) of the European Union and the ISO 9241 (1997) standard. 593 office workstations were assessed using an assessment tool consisting of 70 assessment points. The assessment results show that the ergonomic requirements that are independent of the specific characteristics of individual work spaces and environments (e.g., design standards for seats, monitors, and input devices) are adequately met. Ergonomic requirements that should take into consideration the specific characteristics and constraints of individual work content, work spaces, and environments (e.g., requirements dealing with workplace layout, environmental conditions, software, and work organization) are inadequately met. Based on these results, issues are indicated on the effort ergonomists should focus to improve working conditions in computerized offices.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1207/S15327590IJHC1602_07
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
DocType
Volume
Issue
Journal
16
2
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1044-7318
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nicolas Marmaras1205.53
Stelios Papadopoulos200.34