Human factors specialists' education and utilization : results of a survey /

書目詳細資料
企業作者: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Human Factors Specialists' Education and Utilization
其他作者: Van Cott, Harold P., Huey, Beverly Messick
格式: Licensed eBooks
語言:英语
出版: Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1992.
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書本目錄:
  • Human Factors Specialists' Education and Utilization
  • Copyright
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Summary
  • SELECTED FINDINGS
  • Characteristics and Use of Human Factors Specialists
  • Type of Employer
  • Focus of Work
  • Work History
  • Salary Received
  • Self-Perception of Professional Identity
  • Perceived Importance of Human Factors to Projects
  • The Training of the Supervisors of Human Factors Specialists
  • The Interactions of Human Factors Specialists
  • The Nature of Human Factors Work
  • Personal Characteristics of Specialists
  • The Education of Human Factors Specialists
  • Where were Education and Training Obtained?
  • How Did Specialists Perceive the Quality of Their Formal Education?
  • What Deficiencies Did Supervisors Report in Specialist Training?
  • Characteristics of the Education Programs
  • The Supply and Demand of Human Factors Specialists
  • CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 1-Introduction
  • BACKGROUND
  • The Human Factors Specialist
  • Origins of the Study
  • Issues
  • OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
  • ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY
  • 2-SURVEY METHODOLOGY
  • THE COMPUTER-ASSISTED TELEPHONE INTERVIEW SURVEY
  • Questionnaire Development
  • Sampling
  • Interviewing
  • THE MAIL-IN QUESTIONNAIRE
  • Questionnaire Development
  • Sampling
  • Cooperation Rate
  • Quality of Data
  • 3-Characteristics and Utilization of Human Factors Specialists
  • THE WORK SETTING
  • Type of Employer
  • Focus of Work
  • Hours Worked Per Week
  • Work History
  • Salary Received
  • ROLE OF HUMAN FACTORS IN THE WORK SETTING
  • Human Factors Specialist or Something Else?
  • Importance of Human Factors to Projects
  • Supervisor Background In and Knowledge of Human Factors
  • SUPERVISION AND INTERACTION
  • Span of Supervision
  • Profile of Supervisory Tasks
  • Interactions With Others
  • THE NATURE OF THE WORK.
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN FACTORS SPECIALISTS
  • Highest Academic Degree
  • Age, Gender, and Ethnic Origin
  • 4-The Education of Human Factors Specialists
  • SCOPE AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION
  • Where Do We Learn What We Do?
  • Quality of the Educational Experience
  • The Human Factors Specialists' Perspective
  • The Perspective of Employers of Human Factors Specialists
  • 5-Supply and Demand of Human Factors Specialists
  • SUPPLY
  • DEMAND
  • RELATIONSHIP OF SUPPLY TO DEMAND
  • 6-Conclusions and Recommendations
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • Job Definition
  • Skills and Knowledge
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Appendix A-Telephone Survey of Human Factors Specialists
  • HUMAN FACTORS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • Appendix B-Mail-In Questionnaire on Graduate Human Factors Programs
  • SURVEY RESEARCH LABORATORY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HUMAN FACTORS SURVEY UNIVERSITY QUESTIONNAIRE
  • Appendix C-Data Base Availability
  • HUMAN FACTORS SPECIALISTS SURVEY
  • HUMAN FACTORS SURVEY-UNIVERSITY QUESTIONNAIRE.