Modern Workplace Ergonomics and Productivity - A Systematic Literature Review

With the development of remote collaboration platforms, the word ‘workplace’ is no longer limited to offices. With the impact of COVID-19, more and more people bring their workplaces out of the corporate office. With that said, moving workplaces to different places has offered researchers opportunities to study the impact on productivity and ergonomics on traditional office workers in various environments. This study is a systematic literature review of the topic of workplace ergonomics and productivity. The review was conducted using platforms such as Scopus, VOSviewer, MAXQDA, Vicinitas, and Web of Science. Bibliometric and co-citation analyses were performed using these tools to show the relationship between diseases caused by bad posture and habits, such as Musculoskeletal Disorders and Computer Vision Syndrome, and productivity. Additionally, environmental and cognitive ergonomics, such as room humidity, room temperature, brightness, also play important roles in worker productivity. It is crucial to understand these issues so that employers can offer better support for their employees in all sorts of working environments without sacrificing much productivity. © 2021, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

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