Studies of occupational exposures have made major contributions to our understanding of human carcinogenesis. About one third of the factors identified as definite or probable human carcinogens were first investigated in the workplace and these exposures exact a considerable toll on working populations. There are many additional workplace exposures that are suspect carcinogens that require furt...

A workplace in the manufacturing industry consists of not only stationary equipment (e.g., machining centres, fixed robots) but also mobile equipment (e.g., automated guided vehicles, mobile robots), with both kinds cooperating directly with workers. Workplace equipment should not only be safe, it should also not generate fear or anxiety; still better if it should inspire calm and confidence. I...

This paper examines the idea of a Work Oriented Mobile Learning Environment (WOMBLE) and considers the potential affordances of mobile devices for supporting developmental and informal learning in the workplace. The authors look at the nature and pedagogy of work-based learning and how technologies are being used in the workplace for informal learning. The paper examines the nature of Work Proc...

Home care aides (HCAs), predominantly women, constitute one of the fastest growing occupations in the United States. HCAs work in clients' homes that lack typical workplace resources and benefits. This mixed-methods study examined how HCAs' work environment was transformed by a pilot workplace health promotion program that targeted clients as well as workers. The intervention started with train...

The proposed system exploits sensor mining methodologies to profile user behaviors patterns in an intelligent workplace. The work is based in the assumption that users’ habit profiles are implicitly described by sensory data, which explicitly show the consequences of users’ actions over the environment state. Sensor data are analyzed in order to infer relationships of interest between environme...

Recently, the rapid adoption of smartphones and tablets among employees has forced organizations to proactively embrace the concept of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). Allowing employees to bring their own mobile devices to the workplace has blurred the boundary between work and personal life and therefore created a stressful environment for employees when they are performing both work role and fa...

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, more and organizations have implemented remote working, resulting in partial overlap between home work environments. This study aimed to develop tool named Perceived Remote Workplace Environment Quality Indicators (PRWEQIs) impact environment on worker well-being. A preliminary 20-item version was developed. In Study 1, an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) ...

Workplace violence has increased especially in the health sector Evidence shows that psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes, emergency rooms and prehospital care section are the areas where most violent acts occur The aim of this paper is to to reflect on the phenomenon of workplace violence in the health sector and present the conceptual model of Chappell and Di Martino, which incorporates sever...

Occupational asthma (OA) can be defined as variable airways narrowing causally related to exposure in the working environment to airborne dusts, gases, vapours or fumes. There are many agents in the work-place that can induce asthma or cause substantial deterioration in pre-existing asthma. It has been estimated that 5-15% of adult-onset asthma can be attributed to occupational exposures. Hence...