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Quantified factory worker: field study of a web application supporting work well-being and productivity
Cognition, Technology & Work ( IF 2.6 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-07 , DOI: 10.1007/s10111-021-00671-2
Päivi Heikkilä , Anita Honka , Eija Kaasinen , Kaisa Väänänen

The work on the factory floor is gradually changing to resemble knowledge work due to highly automated manufacturing machines. In the increasingly automated work environment, the machine operator’s task is to keep the production running and to solve possible problems quickly. This work is expected to become more autonomous, which raises the importance of supporting the workers’ well-being. An important aspect of that is giving concrete feedback of success at work as well as feedback on physical and mental load. We implemented a smartphone optimized web application, Worker Feedback Dashboard that offers feedback to machine operators about their well-being at work and personally relevant production data as well as their connections to each other. The feedback is personal and based on objective, near real-time measurements. We present the results of a field study, in which ten machine operators used the application for 2–3 months. We studied the operators’ user experience, usage activity, perceived benefits and concerns for the application with questionnaires, interviews and application log data. The operators found the feedback interesting and beneficial, and used the application actively. The perceived benefits indicate impacts on well-being as well as on work performance. Based on the results, we highlight three design implications for quantified worker applications: presenting meaningful overviews, providing guidance to act based on the feedback and refraining from too pervasive quantification not to narrow down the meaningful aspects in one’s work.



中文翻译:

量化的工厂工人:对支持工作状态和生产力的Web应用程序的现场研究

由于高度自动化的制造机器,工厂车间的工作正在逐渐改变以类似于知识工作。在日益自动化的工作环境中,机器操作员的任务是保持生产运行并快速解决可能的问题。预期这项工作将变得更加自主,从而提高了支持工人福祉的重要性。其中一个重要方面是提供工作成功的具体反馈以及有关身体和精神负荷的反馈。我们实施了一个智能手机优化的Web应用程序,即“工人反馈仪表板”,可向机器操作员提供有关他们的工作状况,个人相关生产数据以及彼此之间的联系的反馈。反馈是个人的,基于客观,近乎实时的测量。我们提供了一项现场研究的结果,其中十名机器操作员使用了2-3个月的应用程序。我们通过问卷,访谈和应用程序日志数据研究了运营商的用户体验,使用活动,对应用程序的感知利益和关注点。运营商发现反馈有趣而有益,并积极使用了该应用程序。所感知到的好处表明对幸福感以及工作绩效的影响。根据结果​​,我们突出了量化工作者应用程序的三个设计含义:呈现有意义的概述,提供基于反馈的操作指南以及避免过于普遍的量化以免缩小工作中有意义的方面。我们通过问卷,访谈和应用程序日志数据研究了运营商的用户体验,使用活动,对应用程序的感知利益和关注点。运营商发现反馈有趣而有益,并积极使用了该应用程序。所感知到的好处表明对幸福感以及工作绩效的影响。根据结果​​,我们突出了量化工作者应用程序的三个设计含义:呈现有意义的概述,提供基于反馈的操作指南以及避免过于普遍的量化以免缩小工作中有意义的方面。我们通过问卷,访谈和应用程序日志数据研究了运营商的用户体验,使用活动,对应用程序的感知利益和关注点。运营商发现反馈有趣而有益,并积极使用了该应用程序。所感知到的好处表明对幸福感以及工作绩效的影响。根据结果​​,我们突出了量化工作者应用程序的三个设计含义:呈现有意义的概述,提供基于反馈的操作指南以及避免过于普遍的量化以免缩小工作中有意义的方面。并积极使用了该应用程序。所感知到的好处表明对幸福感以及工作绩效的影响。根据结果​​,我们突出了量化工作者应用程序的三个设计含义:呈现有意义的概述,提供基于反馈的操作指南以及避免过于普遍的量化以免缩小工作中有意义的方面。并积极使用了该应用程序。所感知到的好处表明对幸福感以及工作绩效的影响。根据结果​​,我们突出了量化工作者应用程序的三个设计含义:提供有意义的概述,提供基于反馈的操作指南以及避免过于普遍的量化以免缩小工作中有意义的方面。

更新日期:2021-02-07
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