Structural Model for the Effects of Environmental Elements on the Psychological Characteristics and Performance of the Employees of Manufacturing Systems

Arturo Realyvásquez, Aidé Aracely Maldonado-Macías, Jorge García-Alcaraz, Guillermo Cortés-Robles and Julio Blanco-Fernández
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Arturo Realyvásquez: Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Del Charro Ave., 450 N., Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, 32310, México
Aidé Aracely Maldonado-Macías: Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Del Charro Ave., 450 N., Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, 32310, México
Jorge García-Alcaraz: Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Del Charro Ave., 450 N., Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, 32310, México
Guillermo Cortés-Robles: Technological Institute of Orizaba, Oriente 9, 852, Orizaba, Veracruz 94320, Mexico
Julio Blanco-Fernández: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of La Rioja, San José de Calasanz 31, Logroño, La Rioja 26004, Spain

IJERPH, 2016, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-21

Abstract: This paper analyzes the effects of environmental elements on the psychological characteristics and performance of employees in manufacturing systems using structural equation modeling. Increasing the comprehension of these effects may help optimize manufacturing systems regarding their employees’ psychological characteristics and performance from a macroergonomic perspective. As the method, a new macroergonomic compatibility questionnaire (MCQ) was developed and statistically validated, and 158 respondents at four manufacture companies were considered. Noise, lighting and temperature, humidity and air quality (THAQ) were used as independent variables and psychological characteristics and employees’ performance as dependent variables. To propose and test the hypothetical causal model of significant relationships among the variables, a data analysis was deployed. Results found that the macroergonomic compatibility of environmental elements presents significant direct effects on employees’ psychological characteristics and either direct or indirect effects on the employees’ performance. THAQ had the highest direct and total effects on psychological characteristics. Regarding the direct and total effects on employees’ performance, the psychological characteristics presented the highest effects, followed by THAQ conditions. These results may help measure and optimize manufacturing systems’ performance by enhancing their macroergonomic compatibility and quality of life at work of the employees.

Keywords: macroergonomics; macroergonomic compatibility questionnaire; environment; personnel characteristics; structural equations modeling; manufacturing systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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