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Author: | Karuppan, C. |
Title: | How stressful is the automated shopfloor? |
Journal: | Benchmarking for Quality Management and Technology
1995 : VOL. 2:4, p. 27-40 |
Index terms: | QUALITY MANAGEMENT STRESS |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | The introduction of technology on the shopfloor has often been depicted as a stressful experience for workers. This article adopts a quasi-experimental approach to determine whether the automated shopfloor remains a stressful environment when considerable time for technological change to settle has elapsed. Automation does not seem to create additional stress. However, computer numerical control (CNC) machine/robot operators and conventional machine operators face different sources of stress. CNC machine/ robot operators are more affected by quantitative overload and psychological demands. |
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