Workload of Personnel Engaged in Air Defence,
Abstract
Workload has been defined in many ways and the methods that have been employed to quantify workload are a legion. Jahns (1972) suggested that the subject should be divided into the three broad areas of input load, operator effort and work result, while Hartman (1961) has defined input load as the sum of all requirements imposed on an operator at any instant by the system . In the past it has been common practice to limit the system to the logical environment or crew station and to consider the engineering, physiological and psychological factors affecting the operator, and little attention has been given to studying the workload imposed by the daily pattern of work and rest, for as Selye (1974) points out, stress is a reasonably normal component in every day life and can be adaptive, but cumulative stress becomes maladaptive and ultimately then stress becomes distress. The three studies reported here were designed to establish the normal pattern of work and rest of selected personnel from operational units engaged in air defence and to identify possible areas of high workload or stress.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADP002993
Entities
People
- A. S. Rogers
- R. G. Borland