Academic Journal
Characteristics of Job Rotation in the Midwest U.S. Manufacturing Sector
| Title: | Characteristics of Job Rotation in the Midwest U.S. Manufacturing Sector |
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| Authors: | Jorgensen, Michael J., Davis, Kermit, Kotowski, Susan, Aedla, Pranathi B., Dunning, Kari |
| Contributors: | Wichita State University. Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering |
| Source: | Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. 48:1418-1422 |
| Publisher Information: | SAGE Publications, 2004. |
| Publication Year: | 2004 |
| Subject Terms: | Questionnaires, Safety Management, Manufactured Materials, Personnel Staffing and Scheduling, Personnel Staffing and Scheduling/statistics & numerical data, Occupational Diseases/prevention & control, Research Support, P.H.S, Midwestern United States, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Safety Management/methods, Risk Factors, Surveys and Questionnaires, Musculoskeletal Diseases/prevention & control, Humans, Industry, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Musculoskeletal Diseases, Workplace, Occupational Health, Data Collection, 05 social sciences, Occupational Diseases, 8. Economic growth, U.S. Gov't |
| Description: | Job rotation has been advocated as a business practice to increase the skill of employees, as well as a suitable intervention for the control of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. However, little is known regarding the prevalence of job rotation, methods used to identify jobs to rotate to, or the benefits or limitations of job rotation. A web-based questionnaire was developed to survey job rotation practices in the Midwest U.S. manufacturing sector. Results indicated that 42% of the companies contacted use job rotation, and that companies appeared to be using job rotation on a permanent basis. Job rotation was used mainly to reduce exposure to risk factors and reduce work related injuries, whereas methods utilized to identify jobs to rotate to were based mainly on supervisor decision and ergonomic job analysis. These findings suggest further study is needed to determine if exposure to risk factors is being reduced through current efforts. |
| Document Type: | Article Other literature type |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2169-5067 1071-1813 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/154193120404801232 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00140130500247545 |
| Access URL: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16373313 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00140130500247545 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16373313 https://europepmc.org/article/MED/16373313 https://soar.wichita.edu/handle/10057/4858 https://core.ac.uk/display/59209626 https://pro.sagepub.com/content/48/12/1418 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/154193120404801232 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/154193120404801232 |
| Rights: | URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....87307d01f2fc9c32609b780bae546572 |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
| ISSN: | 21695067 10711813 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/154193120404801232 |