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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-a3c2b0cff27d421a950e0a19ef8f11e72025-01-09T16:01:50ZengInstitut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail (IRSST)Perspectives Interdisciplinaires sur le Travail et la Santé1481-93842003-12-015210.4000/pistes.3320La rotation des postes : ce qu’en pensent des travailleurs d’une usine d’assemblage automobileMarie St-VincentNicole VézinaBernard DufourYves St-JacquesEsther CloutierA 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.https://journals.openedition.org/pistes/3320job rotationmusculoskeletal disordersautomobile industry |
| spellingShingle | Marie St-Vincent Nicole Vézina Bernard Dufour Yves St-Jacques Esther Cloutier La rotation des postes : ce qu’en pensent des travailleurs d’une usine d’assemblage automobile Perspectives Interdisciplinaires sur le Travail et la Santé job rotation musculoskeletal disorders automobile industry |
| title | La rotation des postes : ce qu’en pensent des travailleurs d’une usine d’assemblage automobile |
| title_full | La rotation des postes : ce qu’en pensent des travailleurs d’une usine d’assemblage automobile |
| title_fullStr | La rotation des postes : ce qu’en pensent des travailleurs d’une usine d’assemblage automobile |
| title_full_unstemmed | La rotation des postes : ce qu’en pensent des travailleurs d’une usine d’assemblage automobile |
| title_short | La rotation des postes : ce qu’en pensent des travailleurs d’une usine d’assemblage automobile |
| title_sort | la rotation des postes ce qu en pensent des travailleurs d une usine d assemblage automobile |
| topic | job rotation musculoskeletal disorders automobile industry |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/pistes/3320 |
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