Demands for multidimensional information on the work environment: A methodological framework for regular studies.
BACKGROUND: Development of methodologies for making economic decisions on designing work environment studies is a theoretical challenge for researchers in occupational health sciences. There are well-defined tools available in the relevant literature for analysis of cost-efficiency associated with t...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 63; no. 1; pp. 9 - 21 |
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| Formato: | equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=136649531&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 136649531 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10519815 3RC jtl: Work issn: 10519815 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2019 vid: 63 iid: 1 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 136649531 136649531 136649531 10.3233/WOR-192903 136649531 ppf: 9 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Demands for multidimensional information on the work environment: A methodological framework for regular studies. aug: au: Rezagholi, Mahmoud affil: Department of Business and Economic Studies, Division of Economics, University of Gävle, SE-801 76 Gävle, Sweden. Tel.: +46(0)26648299 sug: subj: Occupational Health Risk Factors Education, Health Sciences Decision Making Economics Cost Benefit Analysis Quality Improvement Health Promotion Research Personnel Education Human Work Environment Occupational Hazards Prevention and Control Quality of Working Life Occupational Exposure Prevention and Control Research Methodology Cost Control Conceptual Framework Information Management Outcome Assessment ab: BACKGROUND: Development of methodologies for making economic decisions on designing work environment studies is a theoretical challenge for researchers in occupational health sciences. There are well-defined tools available in the relevant literature for analysis of cost-efficiency associated with the assessment of an occupational exposure of interest. However, these analytical tools are not appropriate for holistic studies of the work environment as a multidimensional reality. OBJECTIVE: This article introduces an appropriate methodology for designing cross-sectional comprehensive studies of the work environment, in order to optimize the production of information on the psychosocial, ergonomic, and physical dimensions of the work environment in regular studies. METHODS: The employment of a translog cost-utility function is suggested as a suitable way to provide cost-minimized designs for regular studies which are aimed at providing or developing multidimensional information systems of the work environment. RESULTS: The translog cost-utility function is not subject to predetermined restrictions, but has a flexibility property allowing it to be transformed to any specification that is adaptable to the specific work environmental characteristics and research requirements. CONCLUSION: The translog cost-utility function is an appropriate econometric model for optimizing the production of multidimensional information on occupational exposures in regular cross-sectional workplace studies. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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