Facilitating and hindering factors for routine adaptations in manufacturing and effects on human performance- unexpected insights from three experimental studies in a special purpose setting.
Consumer behaviour changes and strategic management decisions are driving adaptations in manufacturing routines. Based on the theory of situational strength, we investigated how contextual and person-related factors influence workers' adaptation in a two-worker position routine. Contextual factors,...
| Published in: | Ergonomics Vol. 67; no. 12; pp. 2063 - 2082 |
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| Format: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2024
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