Enhancement of human performance with developing ergonomic workplace environment and providing work-life balance

• Authors: Henrietta Finna , Tamas Forgacs
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Ergonomy aims at creating a work place that suits the employee’s needs. A well-developed office does not only increase work efficiency but it can also significantly reduce costs. This study researches and reveals the specific personal attributes and the factors of workplace environment, which have an effect on the efficiency of the workforce. We were searching for studies, where the core work wasn’t changed -the increase in work efficiency was reached only by changing the work environment.

Keywords

EN

Work efficiency, ergonomy, work environment, work-life balance, telework.

• Publisher: Prague Development Center, Czech Republic
• Journal: Perspectives of Innovations, Economics and Business
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 59-61

Dates

published

2010-06-08

Contributors

author

Henrietta Finna

• Department of Management and Corporate Economics, BUTE, Hungary

author

Tamas Forgacs

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Identifiers

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.15208/pieb.2010.50