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Document ID (ISN)108591
CIS number 08-1227
ISSN - Serial title 1251-9200 - Travail & changement
Year 2006
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Rousseau T., Rouilleault H., Lamour A., Gallet A.M., Sarazin B., Loisil F., Poète B.
Title How to better assess workload
Original title Mieux évaluer la charge de travail [in French]
Bibliographic information Mar.-Apr. 2006, No.307, p.1-15 (whole issue). Illus. Bibl.ref.
Internet access http://www.actal.aract.fr/RessourcesSite/TC/TC307.pdf [in French]
Abstract Collection of articles on workload. Topics addressed: need to adapt workload to demands and constraints; opinions of an occupational physician, a psychologist, the manager of a trade association and a university professor; approaches adopted by a hospital laboratory, a household waste collection service and a pensioners' home; changes in the nature of work of secretaries; main points to consider with respect to workload; review of a book on workload; further reading.
Descriptors (primary) work organization; France; workload assessment; mental workload; conditions of work; physical workload
Descriptors (secondary) laboratories; refuse collection; speed of work; sickness absenteeism; industrial physicians; social workers; health care personnel; women; occupational medicine; office work
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceFrance
Subject(s) Occupational physiology
Broad subject area(s) Physiology, ergonomics
Browse category(ies) Mental workload