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A study on the working experience of left-handed employees with office workstation ergonomics at right-handed workplace in UNIMAS

This qualitative study aims to explore the working experience of left-handed employees at the right-handed dominant workplace by using right-handed equipment and tools. This research also aims to identify the problems faced by left-handers when dealing with the tools, the means adopted and to overco...

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Main Author: Kang, In Sin
Format: Final Year Project Report
Language:English
English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2015
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H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling my.unimas.ir.126412023-08-08T06:40:02Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12641/ A study on the working experience of left-handed employees with office workstation ergonomics at right-handed workplace in UNIMAS Kang, In Sin H Social Sciences (General) This qualitative study aims to explore the working experience of left-handed employees at the right-handed dominant workplace by using right-handed equipment and tools. This research also aims to identify the problems faced by left-handers when dealing with the tools, the means adopted and to overcome the issues and adapt to the workplace, as well as the good working environment criteria for left-handers. The population for this research is UNIMAS staffs and the sample are four informants from Centre of Academic Information Services (CAIS) using sampling methods ofpurposive and snowball sampling. The research instrument used is a faceto-face interview. The main findings are there is no difference in the working experience oflefthanders at the right-handed workplace, the level of ergonomics awareness among informants are poor, and there are symptoms ofMSDs among the informants. In conclusion, the left-handed employees in CAIS did not experience any discrimination at the workplace as indicated in past studies, and there is a serious need for ergonomics training and education among employees in UNIMAS. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2015 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12641/1/A%20study%20on%20the%20working%20experience%20of%20left-handed%20employees%20with%20office%20workstation%20ergonomics%20at%20right-handed%20workplace%20in%20UNIMAS%20%2824pgs%29.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12641/8/A%20study%20on%20the%20working%20experience%20of%20left-handed%20employees%20with%20office%20workstation%20ergonomics%20at%20right-handed%20workplace%20in%20UNIMAS%20%28fulltext%29.pdf Kang, In Sin (2015) A study on the working experience of left-handed employees with office workstation ergonomics at right-handed workplace in UNIMAS. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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Kang, In Sin
A study on the working experience of left-handed employees with office workstation ergonomics at right-handed workplace in UNIMAS
description This qualitative study aims to explore the working experience of left-handed employees at the right-handed dominant workplace by using right-handed equipment and tools. This research also aims to identify the problems faced by left-handers when dealing with the tools, the means adopted and to overcome the issues and adapt to the workplace, as well as the good working environment criteria for left-handers. The population for this research is UNIMAS staffs and the sample are four informants from Centre of Academic Information Services (CAIS) using sampling methods ofpurposive and snowball sampling. The research instrument used is a faceto-face interview. The main findings are there is no difference in the working experience oflefthanders at the right-handed workplace, the level of ergonomics awareness among informants are poor, and there are symptoms ofMSDs among the informants. In conclusion, the left-handed employees in CAIS did not experience any discrimination at the workplace as indicated in past studies, and there is a serious need for ergonomics training and education among employees in UNIMAS.
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title A study on the working experience of left-handed employees with office workstation ergonomics at right-handed workplace in UNIMAS
title_short A study on the working experience of left-handed employees with office workstation ergonomics at right-handed workplace in UNIMAS
title_full A study on the working experience of left-handed employees with office workstation ergonomics at right-handed workplace in UNIMAS
title_fullStr A study on the working experience of left-handed employees with office workstation ergonomics at right-handed workplace in UNIMAS
title_full_unstemmed A study on the working experience of left-handed employees with office workstation ergonomics at right-handed workplace in UNIMAS
title_sort study on the working experience of left-handed employees with office workstation ergonomics at right-handed workplace in unimas
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
publishDate 2015
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