An Assessment of Ergonomics Climate and Its Association with Self-Reported Pain, Organizational Performance and Employee Well-Being

Elham Faez, Seyed Abolfazl Zakerian, Kamal Azam, Kyle Hancock and John Rosecrance
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Elham Faez: Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1417613151, Iran
Seyed Abolfazl Zakerian: Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1417613151, Iran
Kamal Azam: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1417613151, Iran
Kyle Hancock: Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
John Rosecrance: Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 5, 1-18

Abstract: Previous studies have demonstrated that a positive ergonomics climate with an equal focus on improving operational performance and employee well-being is beneficial to both employee health and organizational performance. This study aimed to assess the ergonomics climate at two power plants and examine its association with self-reported pain, performance, and well-being. At two power plants in Iran, survey responses from 109 and 110 employees were obtained. The questionnaires contained data on ergonomics climate, organizational performance, employee health, and self-reported pain. Results showed that the mean ergonomics climate scores between the Besat and Rey power plants were significantly different ( p < 0.001). The overall ergonomics climate score, and all subscales scores, were positively associated with organizational performance ( p < 0.001). The overall ergonomics climate score, and some of its subscales, were significantly associated with employees’ general health ( p < 0.001). The ergonomics climate score was significantly higher in the group of employees who reported musculoskeletal pain than those who did not report musculoskeletal pain ( p < 0.05). Investigation of ergonomics climate can provide organizations with a baseline for prioritizing their values and finding areas for improving organizational performance and employee health.

Keywords: ergonomics climate; general health; organizational performance; self-reported pain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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