Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Contemporary Business

Strategic Orientation, Corporate Success and Innovation
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-87262-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 392 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Contemporary Business highlights the symbiotic relationship between human-centric approaches and organizational success in 21st century business and corporate culture. It delivers a comprehensive exploration of how integrating human factors and ergonomics strategically can fuel innovation, enhance performance, and deliver a competitive advantage.

By promoting employee wellbeing to implementing ergonomic interventions for heightened productivity, the chapters offer invaluable insights into the role of human factors across differing business sectors. Edited and authored by distinguished experts in the field, this handbook presents theoretical frameworks, empirical evidence, and real-world case studies. Across these chapters split into various sections on perspectives, digitalization and wellbeing, it provides interdisciplinary perspectives and practical applications to equip readers with the tools needed to encourage thriving workplace environments, nurture employee welfare, and foster innovation and creativity. International case studies from diverse businesses and topics on Industry 5.0, logistics, strategy, UX, productivity, green issues and much more result in a thorough overview of the topic. It will help any reader optimize organizational performance and understand the key connections between human factors and business success.

This title is an essential read for researchers and professionals in ergonomics and human factors, business and management, leadership, engineering design and human resources.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Naim, Arshi

Khan, Shad Ahmad

Srivastava, Monika

Narula, Sumit

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Zuverlässigkeit, Sicherheitstechnik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensberatung, Unternehmenssubventionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

0. Front Matter. Section I: Human Factors and Ergonomics- Perspectives 1. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Contemporary Business: Perspectives on Strategic Orientation, Corporate Success, and Innovation. 2. Deconstructing Human Influences in Merger & Acquisition Through MBA Framework: A Systematic Literature Review and Thematic Analysis. 3. Assessing the strategic orientation towards ergonomic hazards in health and safety reporting systems in selected oil and gas drilling sites. 4. Effect of Personality Traits as Human factors on Academic Stress of Students: An Exploratory Study using PLS-SEM. 5. Synergizing Green HRM and Human Factors: A Paradigmatic Approach in Contemporary Business. 6. Potential Strategies for Corporate Success in dealing with WMSDs at Workplace: A Study of Ergonomic Practices in Hospitals in India. 7. The Integration of Strategic Orientation with Human Factors and Ergonomics Interventions in Workplace. 8. Exploring the Role of Employee Participation in Ergonomic Transformations: A Study in Change Management. 9. Unraveling the Connection, between Employee Happiness and Organizational Success Across Different Cultures. 10. Impact of Psychological Well Being, Workplace well-being and subjective well-being on Job Orientation: Evidence from ten Maharatna Companies of India. Section II: HF&E Meets Technology: Shaping Corporate Success in the Digital Landscape. 11. Human Factors and Ergonomics in the Digital Era: Role of Artificial Intelligence. 12. The Role of Human Factors in Mitigating Risks in AI-Based Performance Evaluation Systems. 13. Human-Centric Logistics: Ergonomic Considerations in Warehouse Order Picking for Industry 5.0 Integration. 14. Strategic Orientation for Corporate Success: Innovating Human Factors and Ergonomics in Robotics for Industry 4.0. 15. Implication of the Dark side of Artificial Intelligence on Corporate Success from the perspective of Human Factors and Ergonomics. Section III: HF&E in Action: Strategies for Employee Well-being and Corporate Success. 16. Application of Tailored Ergonomic Intervention Strategy for Reducing Work-Related Stress. 17. Optimizing Employee Wellbeing and Performance: The Role of Human Factors and Ergonomics for Corporate Success. 18. Enhancing Employee Well-being and Operational Efficiency in the Oil Sector: A Holistic Examination of Ergonomics, Corporate Practices, and Human Factors Integration. 19. Enhancing Organizational Success: Exploring Ergonomics, Employee Deviant Workplace Behavior (DWB) and Occupational Burnout (OU). 20. Workplace Stress Reduction and Mental Health Promotion via Human Factors & Ergonomics (HF&E). 21. Human-Centric Nutrition and the Microbiome for the development of business strategies in transforming Health: Special Focus to Arab World. 22. Exploring the Association between Ergonomics and Financial Peace: Investigating Financial Well-Being and Well-being Expenses in Banking Professionals.

Über Autor(innen)

Shad Ahmad Khan is an Assistant Professor and Program Chair of Business Administration within the College of Business at the University of Buraimi, Oman. With over 13 years of teaching experience, Dr. Khan is a researcher specializing in green practices, online business management, and higher education institutions. He has 40 Scopus indexed publications and has been involved in funded projects, consultancy work, editorial roles in journals, and has active speaking roles at major academic conferences.

Sumit Narula is the Director/Head of the Institution at Amity School of Communication, Amity University Gurgoan, having previously held the position of Deputy Dean Research (Publications & Citations) at Amity University Madhya Pradesh, India. His expertise and research interests cover various areas including Research and Publication Ethics, Media Research, and Fake News Detection. He has earned accolades including the Innovation Research Award from Taylor’s University, Malaysia and voluntary Ambassador for Cross Ref. Dr Narula had two Master's degrees and two Postgraduate diplomas and has authored two books in Mass Communication/Journalism and edited seven others.

Arshi Naim, is an Associate Professor and Quality Programme head in Business Management at the King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia. She completed her PhD in Business Management at Singhania University Rajasthan, with an MBA in Marketing Management from HNB University and Economics from AMU, Aligarh, all in India. She is an expert in curriculum and programme development, quality and accreditation process and E-learning.

Monika Srivastava is a Professor at the School of Liberal Arts and Management at DIT University, Dehradun, India. With over 26 years of experience, Professor Monika an educator and consultant specializing in organizational behavior. Her career includes roles at Dr. Gaur Hari Singhania Institute of Management & Research and Sahara Art and Management Academy. Her international teaching and research engagements span countries including Bhutan, Ethiopia, Oman, and Nepal and she has earned accolades with the Teaching Excellence Award in2020 and the Best Teacher Award from Innovative Education for her invaluable contributions to society. Dr. Srivastava has published 40 research papers on contemporary management subjects including stress, commitment, well-being, corporate social responsibility, and management education.