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Mental Workload Assessment and Its Effects on Middle and Senior Managers in Manufacturing Companies

Mental Workload Assessment and Its Effects on Middle and Senior Managers in Manufacturing Companies

Arturo Realyvásquez-Vargas, Emigdio Z-Flores, Lilia-Cristina Morales, Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 29
ISBN13: 9781799810520|ISBN10: 1799810526|EISBN13: 9781799810537
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1052-0.ch006
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Realyvásquez-Vargas, Arturo, et al. "Mental Workload Assessment and Its Effects on Middle and Senior Managers in Manufacturing Companies." Evaluating Mental Workload for Improved Workplace Performance, edited by Arturo Realyvásquez-Vargas, et al., IGI Global, 2020, pp. 109-137. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1052-0.ch006

APA

Realyvásquez-Vargas, A., Z-Flores, E., Morales, L., & García-Alcaraz, J. L. (2020). Mental Workload Assessment and Its Effects on Middle and Senior Managers in Manufacturing Companies. In A. Realyvásquez-Vargas, K. Arredondo-Soto, G. Hernández-Escobedo, & J. González-Reséndiz (Eds.), Evaluating Mental Workload for Improved Workplace Performance (pp. 109-137). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1052-0.ch006

Chicago

Realyvásquez-Vargas, Arturo, et al. "Mental Workload Assessment and Its Effects on Middle and Senior Managers in Manufacturing Companies." In Evaluating Mental Workload for Improved Workplace Performance, edited by Arturo Realyvásquez-Vargas, et al., 109-137. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1052-0.ch006

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Abstract

This chapter aims to know the mental workload level and its effects on middle and senior managers in manufacturing companies. The chapter aims to know the mental workload level related to gender, age range, civil status, number of children, years of experience, and worked hours per week. As method, the NASA-TLX method was implemented. This method measures mental workload based on six dimensions: mental demand, physical demand, temporal demand, effort, performance, and frustration level. Data was collected by applying an online questionnaire. Results indicated that some dimensions contributed to mental workload in the following decreasing order: mental demand, temporal demand, effort, performance, frustration level, and physical demand. Similarly, results from mental workload level varied from 55.73 to 64.10. Nevertheless, there was no clear relationship between the gender, age range, civil status, number of children, years of experience, worked hours per week, and mental workload level. Finally, employees manifested mental workload mainly due to stress, mental fatigue, and headache.

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