La rotation des postes : ce qu’en pensent des travailleurs d’une usine d’assemblage automobile
A perception survey was carried out on 250 workers in the four production departments of an automobile assembly plant. When the assemblers were away from their workstations, each participated in a short interview conducted by an ergonomist. What emerged from the survey was that barely 11 % of the wo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail (IRSST)
2003-12-01
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| Series: | Perspectives Interdisciplinaires sur le Travail et la Santé |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/pistes/3320 |
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| Summary: | A perception survey was carried out on 250 workers in the four production departments of an automobile assembly plant. When the assemblers were away from their workstations, each participated in a short interview conducted by an ergonomist. What emerged from the survey was that barely 11 % of the workers were rotated. Twenty-one percent of the workers said they were for rotation, 33 % stated that they were against it, and 46 % said that their opinion depended on the implementation conditions. When they were asked about the advantages of rotation, the workers responded : reducing monotony (53.8 %), reducing physical constraints (47 %), and improving their health (59 %). The disadvantages mentioned by the workers were more numerous and varied, with the ones most often reported being : the characteristics of the workstations (57 % of the workers), the difficulties related to apprenticeship (30 %), not liking change (20 %), and possible negative impacts on health (19 %). Although the survey does not provide precise answers about the impact of rotation, it gives information on the factors to be considered during its implementation : workstation characteristics, training, people’s characteristics, production, leeway in rotation, and size of the work group. |
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| ISSN: | 1481-9384 |