Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Hunter, Steve
Committee Member
Barnes, Michael
Committee Member
Zhang, Jilei
Date of Degree
8-8-2009
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Forest Products
Degree Name
Master of Science
College
College of Forest Resources
Department
Department of Forest Products
Abstract
Human factors and ergonomics (HF/E) plays a crucial role in business success but is particularly vital to the furniture manufacturing industry. Unfortunately, the furniture manufacturing industry suffers from occupational injuries and illnesses resulting from ergonomically poorly designed systems. This thesis’s objective was to better understand HF/E through the furniture manufacturing industry’s managerial knowledge and opinions in order to design more productive, safer, and healthier systems. The study also aimed to raise manager awareness in the industry and introduce the potential HF/E benefits by providing current literature. Sixtyour American furniture manufacturing industry managers participated in a web-based questionnaire survey. The survey revealed that managers’ demographic properties and companies’ characteristics were some factors that affect managers’ awareness, knowledge, and opinions on HF/E. In general, managers were unfamiliar with HF/E and lacked a broad background on and knowledge of HF/E. In addition, companies, particularly small companies, lacked sufficient resources for HF/E.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/16369
Recommended Citation
Gungor, Celal, "A human factors and ergonomics awareness survey of professional personnel in the American furniture industry" (2009). Theses and Dissertations. 158.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/158