Cultural ergonomics / edited by Michael Kaplan.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: adding a cultural dimension to human factors / Michael Kaplan -- National and cultural variables in ergonomics / Alphonse Chapanis -- Culture, context, and performance / Neville Moray -- The development of culture-oriented human machine systems / Kerstin Röse -- Human factors engineering (HFE) and cultural calibration for vessel and offshore installation design / Denise B. McCafferty, E. Johan Hendrikse and Gerry E. Miller -- Cross-cultural factors in aviation safety / Ashleigh Merritt and Daniel Maurino.

The role of national culture in enhancing training effectiveness: a framework / Shreya Sarkar-Barney -- Towards an anthropotechnology. X.A new activity for the United Nations in the service of economic development: specifying requirements for technology transfers in given geographical and anthropological locations / Alain Wisner -- Ergonomics in industrially developing countries (IDCs) / P.A. Scott and J. Charteris.

Cognition in natural settings: the cultural lens model / Helen Altman Klein -- Designing the user experience for international Web users / Monica Chong -- "A Frenchman, a German, and an Englishman ... ": the impact of cultural heterogeneity on teams / Florian Jentsch et al. -- Challenges and approaches to understanding leadership efficacy in multi-cultural teams / Eduardo Salas et al.

In work environments worldwide, the ways in which people think, do their jobs, and interface with other human beings grow out of their experiences in the groups of which they are a part. How these influences affect their performance and human interfacing in work environments throughout the world is the subject of cultural ergonomics. In this volume, scientists explore these cultural influences in relation to significant current concerns of ergonomics and human factors. These include scientific-philosophical considerations, aircraft safety, maritime safety, cross-national training, effective use of the world-wide web, multinational decision making, Third World industrial development, implementation of technology transfer, and the functioning of multicultural teams.

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