BACKGROUND Work ability is the ability of a worker to perform his job. The authors hypothesized that supervisor support influences the work ability of workers working in an information technology company located in Tokyo. AIMS To assess whether or not support from supervisors influences work ability. METHODS Two surveys using the Brief Job Scale Questionnaire and the Work Ability Index (WAI...

In human machine systems, a user display should contain sufficient information to encapsulate expressive and normative human operator behavior. Failure in such system that is commanded by supervisor can be difficult to anticipate because of unexpected interactions between the different users and machines. Currently, most interfaces have non-deterministic choices at state of machine. Inspired by...

SUBORDINATE-SUPERVISOR DEMOGRAPHIC AND PERCEIVED VALUESIMILARITY: RELATIONSHIPS TO SUBORDINATE PERCEPTIONS OFORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICEby CHARLES LEVI WELLS, IVMay 2013Advisor:SebastianoFisicaro, Ph.DMajor: Psychology (Industrial/Organizational)Degree: Doctor of PhilosophyThe purpose of this study was to examine the empirical relationship between subordinate-...