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- Bertlett, Johan, et al.
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Introducing “medarbetarskap” as a concept facilitating work related relationships: Theoretical considerations in an airport change process.
- 2007
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Ingår i: Human Factors Issues in Complex System Performance. - 9789042303256 ; , s. 497-509
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Swedish Air Navigation Service Provider, Luftfartsverket, together with Stockholm-Arlanda airport are implementing a new socio-technical concept called collaborative decision making. New technology and work procedures in collaborative decision making are directly affecting all organizations in an airplane turn-round process, and indirectly affecting legislators, authorities, suppliers, and passengers. A change of this magnitude needs a holistic approach covering the relationships among affected stakeholders. Medarbetarskap is introduced as a theoretical, ideological, and practical concept focusing on relationships based on democratic values, free and open communication, and experiential learning processes. Furthermore, medarbetarskap favours an intra-, and inter-organizational structure to align management/leadership, staff/workers, and work tasks at different systematic levels and different organizations to reach a common understanding of what is important in any given situation. From a psychological perspective, medarbetarskap facilitates learning via communication and reflection to develop knowledge about human behaviour and relationships from an individual to a societal level. The introduction of collaborative decision making will be examined from the starting-point that medarbetarskap facilitates the change process and daily operations at Stockholm-Arlanda airport by increasing horizontal and vertical collaboration, commitment, ability to influence, buy-in, empowerment, and by decreasing the gap between the technical and socio-organizational implementation process.
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- Broström, Robert, et al.
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Perceived styling and usability in integrated centre panel layouts as a function of interaction style and age
- 2007
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Ingår i: Human Factors Issues in Complex System Performance. - Maastricht : Shaker Verlag. - 9789042303256 ; , s. 193-204
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the past ten years information and entertainment functionality has become an increasingly important part of the car interior. Infotainment functions have been growing in number and diversity, concurrently with a trend towards utilization of fewer controls and graphical displays in integrated centre panel layouts. This evolution has solved many functional and styling issues. However, as a consequence, several usability and safety concerns have been raised. A number of these concerns are related to age, a factor that is especially important in the premium car segment where a majority of drivers are older than 50 years. This study investigated perceived styling and usability of premium car centre panel layouts among different age groups. The investigation was based on APEAL customer survey data from the North American market, associated with the sound system. Questions on the appearance (styling), understanding (usability) and ease of use while driving (usability/safety) of the stereo faceplate and controls were analysed. The results showed that all age groups perceived the appearance of integrated centre panel layouts similarly. However, with rising age, there is a decrease in perceived understanding and ease of use while driving in the case of a number of premium car models.
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- Lindgren, Anders, et al.
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Driver attitudes towards advanced driver assistance systems : a cross-cultural study
- 2007
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Ingår i: Human Factors Issues in Complex System Performance. - Maastricht : Shaker Verlag. - 9789042303256 ; , s. 205-215
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Over the last years active safety has become an increasingly important factor within the automotive industry. Active safety systems, also known as Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), have the function of actively assisting the driver in avoiding accidents by providing information about current and upcoming traffic situations and helping the driver take proper actions before a potential accident occurs. In this paper, differences and similarities in attitude towards three different ADAS were investigated. A set of three focus group discussions were conducted with Swedish, US American, and Chinese participants. The analysis of subjective data showed differences between the three groups regarding attitudes towards system feasibility, information presentation and need for system adjustability. Results also showed that factors such as driving conditions, infrastructure, and traffic regulations all seemed to influence the hypothesised usefulness of the different systems.
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- Rydström, Annie, et al.
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Haptic, visual and cross-modal perception of interface information
- 2007
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Ingår i: Human Factors Issues in Complex System Performance. - Maastricht : Shaker Verlag. - 9789042303256 ; , s. 399-409
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Cross-modal interfaces display information equally across modalities. These interfaces can be beneficial when visual input and output capabilities are limited, for example in a car. The objective of this study was to test how well interface information is transferred across the visual and haptic modalities. In the experiment there were three feedback conditions: haptic, visual and haptic plus visual. The experiment consisted of a training session and a test session. First, the 54 participants trained on the experimental task in one feedback condition, and then they carried out a test by means of the same or a different feedback condition. The experimental task was to locate and select a texture in a menu of four textures haptically displayed through a rotary device and visually displayed on a computer monitor. The results showed no significant performance differences in the haptic, visual or haptic plus visual tests when training was haptic. When training was unimodal visual or bimodal haptic and visual a significant weaker performance was found in the haptic test. Here a dominance of vision over touch could be observed; even if haptic information was provided during bimodal training, the visual information seemed to dominate and the participants performed no better on the haptic test than when unimodal visual information had been provided during training.
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