Tackling barriers to the inclusion of disabled people in the european workplace through ergonomics

Louise Moody; Janet Saunders; Natasa Rebernik; Marjan Leber; Andreja Čurin; Marzena Wójcik-Augustyniak; Marek Szajczyk

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-42070-7_78

Tackling barriers to the inclusion of disabled people in the european workplace through ergonomics

Louise Moody, Janet Saunders, Natasa Rebernik, Marjan Leber, Andreja Čurin, Marzena Wójcik-Augustyniak, Marek Szajczyk

School of Art and Design

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

4 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The ERGO WORK project is a collaboration of academic and business partners in six European countries. The project is focused on understanding barriers to workplace inclusion, and tackling these barriers through education in ergonomics and universal design and collaboration between academia and business. An exploratory study suggested that workplaces could be further improved in the partner countries to meet the needs of disabled people and there was considerable scope for training within companies to raise awareness about employees’ needs, employers’ obligations and workplace adaptation. The findings led to the development of new Ergonomics curriculum content in Slovenia and Poland that was implemented in two partner universities. The curriculum was then tested through a series of industrybased projects. The projects formed collaborations between business, employees with disabilities, students and academics and involved adapting the workplace, job design and products to specific employee needs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Human Factors, Business Management, Training and Education
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	841-849
Number of pages	9
Volume	498
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-42070-7
ISBN (Print)	9783319420691
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42070-7_78
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, AHFE 2016 - Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL, United States Duration: 27 Jul 2016 → 31 Jul 2016

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	498
ISSN (Print)	21945357

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, AHFE 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando, FL
Period	27/07/16 → 31/07/16

Keywords

Disability
Ergonomics
Ergonomics education
Inclusive design
Workplace design

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Computer Science(all)

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ERGOWORK: Joining academia and business for new opportunities in creating ERGOnomic WORK places
Moody, L.
1/09/13 → 31/08/15
Project: Research

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Moody, L., Saunders, J., Rebernik, N., Leber, M., Čurin, A., Wójcik-Augustyniak, M., & Szajczyk, M. (2017). Tackling barriers to the inclusion of disabled people in the european workplace through ergonomics. In Advances in Human Factors, Business Management, Training and Education: Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society (Vol. 498, pp. 841-849). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 498). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42070-7_78

Tackling barriers to the inclusion of disabled people in the european workplace through ergonomics. / Moody, Louise; Saunders, Janet; Rebernik, Natasa et al.
Advances in Human Factors, Business Management, Training and Education: Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society. Vol. 498 Springer Verlag, 2017. p. 841-849 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 498).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Moody, L, Saunders, J, Rebernik, N, Leber, M, Čurin, A, Wójcik-Augustyniak, M & Szajczyk, M 2017, Tackling barriers to the inclusion of disabled people in the european workplace through ergonomics. in Advances in Human Factors, Business Management, Training and Education: Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society. vol. 498, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 498, Springer Verlag, pp. 841-849, International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, AHFE 2016, Orlando, FL, United States, 27/07/16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42070-7_78

Moody L, Saunders J, Rebernik N, Leber M, Čurin A, Wójcik-Augustyniak M et al. Tackling barriers to the inclusion of disabled people in the european workplace through ergonomics. In Advances in Human Factors, Business Management, Training and Education: Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society. Vol. 498. Springer Verlag. 2017. p. 841-849. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). Epub 2016 Jul 27. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-42070-7_78

Moody, Louise ; Saunders, Janet ; Rebernik, Natasa et al. / Tackling barriers to the inclusion of disabled people in the european workplace through ergonomics. Advances in Human Factors, Business Management, Training and Education: Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society. Vol. 498 Springer Verlag, 2017. pp. 841-849 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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