From the Editor
Happy birthday to WORK! For 30 years, WORK has made significant contributions to the advancement of the science of work. In recognition of this achievement, we have taken a look back starting with the first issue to identify a landmark article each year that have helped shape the journal’s contribution to advancing the field. Some of these articles include: Pretest-posttest designs and measurement of change (Dimitrov & Rumrill), Validity of work-related assessments (Innes & Straker) and Return-to-work: The importance of human interactions and organizational structures (Friesen, Yassi & Cooper).
These are the keywords that were used in addition to citation counts to identify the preliminary list of articles:
Human(s), Male, Female, Adult, Middle Aged, Human Engineering, Occupational Health, Bioengineering, Questionnaire, Workplace, Employment, Young Adult, Ergonomics, Psychology, Occupational Diseases, Controlled Study, Vocational Rehabilitation, Adolescent, Physiology, Task Performance, Organization and Management, Musculoskeletal Disease, Aged, Occupational Therapy, Job Satisfaction, Mental Stress, Return to Work, Occupation, Low Back Pain, Health Promotion, Pain, and Anthropometry.
You can find all of these free-to-read articles on our website at workjournal.org as well as three blogs and many more resources. The blogs and bloggers are:
Vision@WORK+play blogger Jennifer Long
Bringing you App to Speed blogger Kaitlin Olivieri
Mindfulness Meditation: Moments in Time blogger Valerie Rice
This issue of WORK contains 19 articles and five others in our monthly section on Ergonomics in a Global World which were presentations from the 2018 International Ergonomics Association (IEA) Congress. The issue contains a vast variety of topics such as: Musculoskeletal discomforts and backpack carriage among students in Nigeria, weight management program for first responders, stress at work in municipal police officers, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among Iranian bakers, measuring psychosocial factors and predicting work ability among cemetery workers, burnout among nurses and correctional officers, the effects of age and violations on occupational accidents among motorcyclists performing food delivery, and the effects of smart phone use on lower limb joint angle and dynamic balance duringgait.
I hope you are continuing to enjoy our webinar series, Learn at WORK. Here is the schedule for the upcoming 2020 Learn at WORK webinars:
Wednesday, January 29 from 2020; 1pm-2pmEST
A Bird’s Eye View of Driving Safety Culture: Truck Drivers Perceptions of Unsafe
Presenter: Garry Gray ; website: www.garry-gray.com
Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/441219022715395596
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 from 1pm-2pmEST
A Job Task Analysis for Technicians in the Offshore Wind Industry
Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1760491140655390476
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 from 1pm-2pmEST
Factors influencing ergonomists’ use of observation-based risk-assessment tools
Presenters: Dr. Kristina Eliasson
& Dr. Tersia Nyman
Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1072026437563603469
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 from 1pm-2pmEST
How to integrate ergonomics into Product Design through the UCD approach
Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3303429210853265933
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 from 11am-12pmEST
Gender and Stress-Buffering of Social Capital toward Depression among Precarious Workers in South Korea
Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7955259498453971723
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 from 1pm-2pmEST
A Conceptual Framework to Promote Career Development for Vocational Rehabilitation Consumers with Traumatic Brain Injuries
Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/61045286798182412
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 from 1pm-2pmEST
Does Objectively Measured Prolonged Standing for Desk Work Result in Lower Ratings of Perceived Low Back Pain than Sitting? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/739866173672625164
Wednesday, September 9, 2020 from 1pm-2pmEST
Millennial Preferences in Training Messages: The Role of Teamwork and Corporate Social Responsibility to WORK
Presenters: Diana Schwerha & Tyler Clark
Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2725235628413300749
If you missed any of the Learn at WORK webinars, you can find the recordings at the Learn at WORK YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOJalCXvSg9fPHaFFs48PuQ
I would like to personally thank the many professionals globally who have contributed their manuscripts to the journal, the prestigious editorial board that has helped guide its development, and the dedicated peer reviewers, who have given their time and expertise that contributed to the high quality of submissions. Finally, my gratitude is extended to the editor’s assistants over the three decades: Mandy, Vicki and Liz, along with IOS Press, the publisher of WORK for their continued kind support. A very special thanks to Marion.
All my best,
Karen
