Early Job Design Principles, Practice, and Research

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Gedrag & Organisatie ◽

10.5117/2006.019.002.005 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

Keyword(s):

Design Principles ◽

Job Design ◽

Work Characteristics

Het volgende artikel, getiteld 'Work characteristics and the emergence of a sustainable workforce: do job design principles matter?', is in het Engels geschreven. U zult zich misschien afvragen of Gedrag & Organisatie haar beleid, namelijk om uitsluitend in het Nederlands te publiceren, gaat verlaten. Het antwoord is nee en ja.

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Work characteristics and the emergence of a sustainable workforce: Do job design principles matter?

Gedrag & Organisatie ◽

10.5117/2006.019.002.006 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Doris Fay ◽

Alexandra Kamps

Keyword(s):

Potential Role ◽

Readiness To Change ◽

Design Principles ◽

Job Design ◽

Work Characteristics ◽

Work Related ◽

Personal Initiative ◽

Low Levels ◽

Future Work

Work characteristics and the emergence of a sustainable workforce: Do job design principles matter? Work characteristics and the emergence of a sustainable workforce: Do job design principles matter? Doris Fay & Alexandra Kamps, Gedrag & Organisatie, Volume 19, June 2006, nr. 2, pp. 184. Today's organisations require a workforce with high levels of adaptability and flexibility, that is, a sustainable workforce. Drawing on the notion of socialization through work, this study looks at the potential role of job design for building a sustainable workforce. Drawing on data from 335 individuals from the new German countries, we tested whether levels of desirable attitudes and behaviours are associated with the application of Tayloristic design principles. Perceptions of work characteristics (job control, complexity, task completeness, prescription of one-best-way of doing the job) were used to create groups of work places that differed in degree of Taylorism. Comparison of jobs with high versus low levels of Taylorism showed that individuals with Tayloristic jobs had lower work-related self-efficacy, lower personal initiative, innovativity and readiness to change, and higher levels of control rejection and depression than individuals in less Tayloristic jobs. Implications for changing job demands and future work are discussed.

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The Marriage of Human Factors and Safety in Industry

Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society ◽

10.1177/001872087301500303 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 197-205 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Thomas A. Yoder ◽

Richard L. Lucas ◽

Gerald D. Botzum

Keyword(s):

Human Factors ◽

Work Load ◽

Design Principles ◽

Job Design ◽

Tool Design ◽

Great Emphasis ◽

Social Concern ◽

Work Physiology

Social concern and governmental legislation have placed great emphasis on the need for safe workplaces and environments in industry. The safety and human factors department at Eli Lilly and Company applies techniques to help achieve this purpose. Areas of application are (1) enhancement of design principles to prevent error-provocative features of systems; (2) work physiology studies for compatible work load specifications and job design; and (3) electromyographical studies for use in studying optimal tool design and evaluation of work methods.

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A peek in the micro-sized world: a review of design principles, engineering tools, and applications of engineered microbial community

Biochemical Society Transactions ◽

10.1042/bst20190172 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 48 (2) ◽

pp. 399-409

Author(s):

Baizhen Gao ◽

Rushant Sabnis ◽

Tommaso Costantini ◽

Robert Jinkerson ◽

Qing Sun

Keyword(s):

Microbial Community ◽

Microbial Communities ◽

Environmental Remediation ◽

Real Life ◽

Design Principles ◽

Microbial Interactions ◽

Potential Applications ◽

New Gene ◽

Global Biogeochemical Cycles ◽

Synthetic Microbial Communities

Microbial communities drive diverse processes that impact nearly everything on this planet, from global biogeochemical cycles to human health. Harnessing the power of these microorganisms could provide solutions to many of the challenges that face society. However, naturally occurring microbial communities are not optimized for anthropogenic use. An emerging area of research is focusing on engineering synthetic microbial communities to carry out predefined functions. Microbial community engineers are applying design principles like top-down and bottom-up approaches to create synthetic microbial communities having a myriad of real-life applications in health care, disease prevention, and environmental remediation. Multiple genetic engineering tools and delivery approaches can be used to ‘knock-in' new gene functions into microbial communities. A systematic study of the microbial interactions, community assembling principles, and engineering tools are necessary for us to understand the microbial community and to better utilize them. Continued analysis and effort are required to further the current and potential applications of synthetic microbial communities.

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