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This book gathers extended versions of the best papers presented at
the Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its
Application Areas (GJCIE), held on September 2-3, 2019, in
Gazimagusa, North Cyprus, Turkey. It covers a wide range of topics,
including decision analysis, supply chain management, systems
modelling and quality control. Further, special emphasis is placed
on the state of the art and the challenges of digital disruption,
as well as effective strategies that can be used to change
organizational structures and eliminate the barriers that are
keeping industries from taking full advantage of today's digital
technologies.
This book gathers extended versions of the best papers presented at
the Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its
Application Areas (GJCIE), held on September 2-3, 2019, in
Gazimagusa, North Cyprus, Turkey. It covers a wide range of topics,
including decision analysis, supply chain management, systems
modelling and quality control. Further, special emphasis is placed
on the state of the art and the challenges of digital disruption,
as well as effective strategies that can be used to change
organizational structures and eliminate the barriers that are
keeping industries from taking full advantage of today's digital
technologies.
This book uncovers computer users perceptions, attitudes towards
the use of email and experiences with musculoskeletal disorders
developed by computer keyboarding, and what emotions or feelings
associated with use of email, and any relationship between the
emotions associated with the email use and the perceived
musculoskeletal stress. In this book you will find evidences
pertinent to musculoskeletal disorders, personal perceptions on
assigning emotional reactions in working with computer software for
performing email tasks, impact of email on interpersonal
relationships and communicational patterns, and their attitudes
towards and experiences with ergonomic quality of the workplace and
musculoskeletal discomfort and illnesses. This book also presents
mathematical models to reveal the risk factors of work-related
musculoskeletal disorders due to computer and email use.
Musculoskeletal disorders have been observed and experienced widely
at workplaces where the computers are frequently used. Increase in
the number of employees working with computer and mouse coincides
with an increase of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs)
and sick leave, which affects the physical health of workers and
pose financial burdens on the companies, governmental and
non-governmental organizations. This literature review study begins
with the description of the risk factors and types of
musculoskeletal disorders, and followed by the discussion of
general characteristics of the musculoskeletal disorders. The
economic impact of work-related musculoskeletal disorders was
reviewed. This was followed by the discussion of issues related
with workplace ergonomics, and an extensive review of computer use
related upper extremities musculoskeletal disorders. Finally, the
literature review is concluded with a discussion of computer
keyboarding with different postures and different keyboard designs.
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