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Title Cultural ergonomics / edited by Michael Kaplan.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier JAI, 2004.

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (xvii, 384 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Advances in human performance and cognitive engineering research, 1479-3601 ; v. 4
Advances in human performance and cognitive engineering research ; v. 4.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction: adding a cultural dimension to human factors / Michael Kaplan -- National and cultural variables in ergonomics / Alphonse Chapanis -- Culture, context, and performance / Neville Moray -- The development of culture-oriented human machine systems / Kerstin Röse -- Human factors engineering (HFE) and cultural calibration for vessel and offshore installation design / Denise B. McCafferty, E. Johan Hendrikse and Gerry E. Miller -- Cross-cultural factors in aviation safety / Ashleigh Merritt and Daniel Maurino.
The role of national culture in enhancing training effectiveness: a framework / Shreya Sarkar-Barney -- Towards an anthropotechnology. X.A new activity for the United Nations in the service of economic development: specifying requirements for technology transfers in given geographical and anthropological locations / Alain Wisner -- Ergonomics in industrially developing countries (IDCs) / P.A. Scott and J. Charteris.
Cognition in natural settings: the cultural lens model / Helen Altman Klein -- Designing the user experience for international Web users / Monica Chong -- "A Frenchman, a German, and an Englishman ... ": the impact of cultural heterogeneity on teams / Florian Jentsch et al. -- Challenges and approaches to understanding leadership efficacy in multi-cultural teams / Eduardo Salas et al.
Summary In work environments worldwide, the ways in which people think, do their jobs, and interface with other human beings grow out of their experiences in the groups of which they are a part. How these influences affect their performance and human interfacing in work environments throughout the world is the subject of cultural ergonomics. In this volume, scientists explore these cultural influences in relation to significant current concerns of ergonomics and human factors. These include scientific-philosophical considerations, aircraft safety, maritime safety, cross-national training, effective use of the world-wide web, multinational decision making, Third World industrial development, implementation of technology transfer, and the functioning of multicultural teams.
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Subject Human engineering.
Human engineering.
Human-machine systems.
Human-machine systems.
Teams in the workplace.
Teams in the workplace.
Work environment.
Work environment.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Kaplan, Michael.
Other Form: Print version: Cultural ergonomics. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier JAI, 2004 0762310499 9780762310494 (OCoLC)56078872
ISBN 9780080494326 (electronic book)
0080494323 (electronic book)
0762310499 (Cloth)