Do office workers adjust their chairs? End-user knowledge, use and barriers to chair adjustment.
Journal article
Authors | Underwood, Diana and Sims, Ruth |
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Abstract | A quantitative field study measured end-user availability, knowledge and use levels of adjustable office chair functions in Korea-based office workers, together with their perceived barriers towards making adjustments. Fifty-one English-speaking workers were interviewed and surveyed in a related design. Results showed that of the number of adjustable functions available on their office chair (M = 5.39, SD = 2.3), participants knew fewer than half of them (M = 2.51, SD = 1.52) and used even less (M = 1.86, SD = 1.21). Fifty-three percent of participants knew two or less and 73% had used only two or less. Ten percent had used none. Results suggested physical needs (such as increased comfort or postural change) were a strong driver for previous chair adjustment behavior. Perceived cognitive barriers played a more significant role in limiting chair adjustment knowledge and use than physical or organizational barriers. Highly adjustable office chairs have the possibility of satisfying the adjustment needs of most end-users. However, adjustable chair functions need to be both available and known in order to be used. |
Keywords | Office chair adjustment; Chair controls; Chair adjustment barriers |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | Applied Ergonomics |
Publisher | Elsevier |
ISSN | 0003-6870 |
1872-9126 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2018.12.007 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/623507 |
hdl:10545/623507 | |
Publication dates | 15 Feb 2019 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 20 Feb 2019, 16:31 |
Accepted | 10 Dec 2018 |
Contributors | University of Derby |
File | File Access Level Open |
File | File Access Level Open |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/93649/do-office-workers-adjust-their-chairs-end-user-knowledge-use-and-barriers-to-chair-adjustment
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