Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1513 University Avenue, Room 3217, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Appl Ergon. 2013 Jan;44(1):161-7. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2012.06.007. Epub 2012 Aug 11.
Despite a growing number of published articles describing studies of ergonomic interventions, little is known about the barriers potential adopters face when deciding whether or not to adopt such innovations. To this end, the purpose of this paper is to examine the barriers identified by potential adopters of ergonomic innovations and compare barriers identified by individuals not interested in adopting to those identified by individuals planning to adopt. Eight hundred forty-eight fresh market vegetable farmers were mailed surveys measuring the adoption of and barriers to the adoption of several ergonomic innovations as part of a multi-year intervention study. Barriers such as cost, lack of information, never having seen the innovation used and not being able to try out the innovation were among the barriers identified. The barriers identified were moderated by whether or not the respondents were likely to adopt. Implications for diffusing ergonomic and safety innovations are discussed.
尽管有越来越多的已发表文章描述了关于人体工程学干预措施的研究，但对于潜在采用者在决定是否采用这些创新时所面临的障碍知之甚少。为此，本文旨在研究潜在采用者识别出的人体工程学创新的障碍，并将这些障碍与那些对采用不感兴趣的个体所识别出的障碍与那些计划采用的个体所识别出的障碍进行比较。848 名新鲜市场蔬菜农民收到了测量采用和采用几种人体工程学创新的障碍的调查，这是一项多年干预研究的一部分。成本、缺乏信息、从未见过创新的使用以及无法试用创新等障碍都是识别出的障碍之一。识别出的障碍受到受访者是否可能采用的影响。还讨论了人体工程学和安全创新的传播的意义。
