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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 54679 |
| CIS number |
90-1599 |
| ISBN(s) |
0-85066-453-5 |
| Year |
1988 |
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| Author(s) |
Williams T.A. |
| Title |
Computers, work and health, a socio-technical approach |
| Bibliographic information |
Taylor and Francis Ltd., Rankine Road, Basingstoke, Hants RG 24 OPR, United Kingdom, 1988. 142p. Bibl. Index. Price: GBP 25.00. |
| Abstract |
This book written for managers, labour union members, computer system analysts and designers, occupational health and safety specialists, and for workers involved in the application of computer technology, focuses on office work, and particularly on how computer technology may affect clerical and keyboard work and the people performing it. Contents: new technology in working life; repetition strain injury; socio-technical strategies for new office technology; new office technology and work design alternatives; the design and implementation process, implication for practice. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
visual display terminals; ergonomics; safety by design; office equipment; computer applications; computers |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
social aspects; repetitive strain injury |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
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| Broad subject area(s) |
New technologies
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| Browse category(ies) |
Office work
Visual display terminals (VDTs)
Ergonomics
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