Advances in Ergonomic Design of Systems, Products and Processes: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of GfA 2015

Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Assessment of the Individual Work Organization During a Service Provision....Pages 3-25
Assessing and Increasing Innovativeness of SMEs in the Context of Their Demographic Development....Pages 27-41
The Quality Culture Inventory (QCI): An Instrument Assessing Quality-Related Aspects of Work....Pages 43-56
Team Work and Leadership in an Aging Workforce: Results of an Intervention Project....Pages 57-70
Beneficial Effects of Servant Leadership on Short- and Long-Term Indicators of Employees’ Psychological Health....Pages 71-85
Time Management Requirements for Holistic Working Time Organisation....Pages 87-103
Money Is Not Everything! Or: The Importance of Working Time Characteristics and Appreciation for the Recommendation of One’s Own Driving Profession....Pages 105-122
Analyzing Motivation-Enhancing Features in Work Orders....Pages 123-136
Disability for Service in Public Transport Operations: Risk Factors and Interventions....Pages 137-147
Approaches to Strengthen Behavioral Prevention in a German Medium-Sized Enterprise....Pages 149-160
Recreational Noise: Objective Measurement and Subjective Assessment of Sound Exposures in a Non-professional Symphonic Wind Orchestra....Pages 161-176
Effects of an Exercise Intervention on Metabolism and Quality of Life in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus....Pages 177-187
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
An Integrated Approach of Mental Workload Assessment....Pages 191-208
Analysis of Dynamic Performance Data for the Assessment of Cognitive States: Results from Aviation, Assembly Tasks and Maritime Transportation....Pages 209-222
Effect of Head Inclination on Neck Muscular Activity, Tracking Performance and Subjective Neck Strain: Visual and Biomechanical Conditions for Designing the Computer Workstation....Pages 223-238
The Influence of Glasses on the Physiology and Ergonomics in Presbyopic People at Visual Display Workstations: Summary of Three Studies....Pages 239-248
Display Concepts for the Vehicle....Pages 249-267
User-Centered Design of Font Size and Polarity of Assistance Systems in Production Planning and Control....Pages 269-280
Measuring Work Environment Factors by Everyone Using Smartphones....Pages 281-299
Integration of Eyetracking-Data into Virtual 3D-Development Tools....Pages 301-312
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Experimental Comparison of Sidestick Steering Configurations for an Innovative Electric Two-wheel Vehicle....Pages 313-326
Development and Evaluation of an Input Method Using Virtual Hand Models for Pointing to Spatial Objects in a Stereoscopic Desktop Environment with a Fitts’ Pointing Task....Pages 327-342
Effects of Pressure and Vibration Stimuli on the Usability of Human-Machine Systems....Pages 343-359
Force-Matching. A New Approach to Determine Action Forces for the Ergonomic Evaluation in Automotive Industry....Pages 361-372
Front Matter....Pages 373-373
Boundary Management as a Crucial Success Factor for Flexible-Mobile Work, Demonstrated in the Case of Home Office....Pages 375-394
Interdisciplinary Collaboration....Pages 395-409
Simulation-Based Scheduling and Risk Assessment of Complex Projects Under Uncertainty....Pages 411-429
Empowering Corporate Ageing Management by Interconnecting Existing Data: A Case Study from the German Automotive Industry....Pages 431-449
Consequences of Line Balancing of an Assembly Line on the Health, Satisfaction and Performance Indicators of Assembly Line Workers in a Case Study of an Automotive Manufacturer....Pages 451-461
Sustainable Effects of Simulator-Based Training on Eco-Driving....Pages 463-475