The Relationship between Ergonomic Conditions and Productivity of Librarians Working in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Affiliated Educational-Research Centers, Yazd in 2014
Introduction: The aim of this study was recognition of ergonomic conditions in librarians of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, affiliated educational-research centers, and its relation with productivity. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the population included librarians working...
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| description | Introduction: The aim of this study was recognition of ergonomic conditions in librarians of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, affiliated educational-research centers, and its relation with productivity.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the population included librarians working in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and affiliated educational-research centers. The research instrument consisted of two parts; Hersey and Goldsmith 26-item questionnaire to determine the productivity. Further, in order to evaluate the ergonomics conditions, a standard checklist was used.
Results: Average scores of productivity and ergonomic conditions were 19.02 and 22.2, respectively. The highest and lowest average scores belonged to dimension workspace (5.56) and safety factors (0.94), respectively. A significant correlation between the average score motivational dimension of productivity and workspace in terms of work plan (part-time, full-time) was observed (P <0.05).
Conclusion: According to the results, academic libraries, as information centers have a decisive role in promoting growth and development of the scientific community. Therefore, it is recommended that officials, managers, and especially librarians respect principles of ergonomic; this in turn increases their productivity |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6a4b004390764ae59e1bfa6b862253e02022-12-21T23:33:55ZfasShahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciencesبهداشت کار و ارتقای سلامت2588-26432588-30622017-08-01116271The Relationship between Ergonomic Conditions and Productivity of Librarians Working in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Affiliated Educational-Research Centers, Yazd in 2014Bahram Kouhnavard0Hamideh Mihanpour1Abolfazl Barkhordari2Atefeh Roshanaei3Somayeh Parvin4 MSc of Occupational Health, Safety and Health at Work Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran MSc of Occupational Health, Safety and Health at Work Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Safety and Health at Work Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Student of Occupational Health, Safety and Health at Work Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran MSc of Med LIS, Behbahan School of Medical Sciences, Behbahan, Iran Introduction: The aim of this study was recognition of ergonomic conditions in librarians of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, affiliated educational-research centers, and its relation with productivity. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the population included librarians working in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and affiliated educational-research centers. The research instrument consisted of two parts; Hersey and Goldsmith 26-item questionnaire to determine the productivity. Further, in order to evaluate the ergonomics conditions, a standard checklist was used. Results: Average scores of productivity and ergonomic conditions were 19.02 and 22.2, respectively. The highest and lowest average scores belonged to dimension workspace (5.56) and safety factors (0.94), respectively. A significant correlation between the average score motivational dimension of productivity and workspace in terms of work plan (part-time, full-time) was observed (P <0.05). Conclusion: According to the results, academic libraries, as information centers have a decisive role in promoting growth and development of the scientific community. Therefore, it is recommended that officials, managers, and especially librarians respect principles of ergonomic; this in turn increases their productivityhttp://ohhp.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-26-7&slc_lang=en&sid=1Ergonomics Productivity Librarian Library |
| spellingShingle | Bahram Kouhnavard Hamideh Mihanpour Abolfazl Barkhordari Atefeh Roshanaei Somayeh Parvin The Relationship between Ergonomic Conditions and Productivity of Librarians Working in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Affiliated Educational-Research Centers, Yazd in 2014 بهداشت کار و ارتقای سلامت Ergonomics Productivity Librarian Library |
| title | The Relationship between Ergonomic Conditions and Productivity of Librarians Working in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Affiliated Educational-Research Centers, Yazd in 2014 |
| title_full | The Relationship between Ergonomic Conditions and Productivity of Librarians Working in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Affiliated Educational-Research Centers, Yazd in 2014 |
| title_fullStr | The Relationship between Ergonomic Conditions and Productivity of Librarians Working in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Affiliated Educational-Research Centers, Yazd in 2014 |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship between Ergonomic Conditions and Productivity of Librarians Working in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Affiliated Educational-Research Centers, Yazd in 2014 |
| title_short | The Relationship between Ergonomic Conditions and Productivity of Librarians Working in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Affiliated Educational-Research Centers, Yazd in 2014 |
| title_sort | relationship between ergonomic conditions and productivity of librarians working in shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences and affiliated educational research centers yazd in 2014 |
| topic | Ergonomics Productivity Librarian Library |
| url | http://ohhp.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-26-7&slc_lang=en&sid=1 |
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