Improvement of Work Quality by Applying Ergonomic Approach Increases Performance of Traditional Porters in Badung Market Denpasar

Female traditional porters work every evening at Badung market from 7 pm to3.30 am. Age interval of the porters is 18 – 40 years. The weight of goods carried by asingle porter is 60 – 100 kilograms plus 1-2 kilograms of the basket's weight, carriedon the head. The distance of each porting activity is 100 meters. From ergonomicconcept, the burden is excessive and may cause injuries such as damage ofintervertebral discs, pain, excessive fatigue and head and neck muscles disorder. Thesymptoms are more obviously seen in those over 40 years old for most of them are notvery capable of working, even some of them need medical treatment. To overcome thisnon-ergonomic work condition, a work quality improvement was carried out to 11sampled porters, including work position, method, carrying weight and equipmentdesign in order to improve the unnatural work position and to give chance to them tohave an active rest as well as to alter the static work system to be more dynamic.Results of this study were: (1) average of pressure force on L5/S1 before improvementwas 7,967.65 ± 66.78 N and after improvement was 2,983.26 ± 16.63 N; (2) average ofmusculoskeletal complaints before improvement was 61.07 ± 0.72 and afterimprovement was 42.76 ± 1.21; (3) fatigue average before improvement was 77.44 ±3.93 and after improvement was 50.36 ± 2.21; (4) pulse rate average beforeimprovement was 150.61 ± 1.06 pulses/minute and after improvement was 119.51 ±1.39 pulses/minute; and (5) average productivity before improvement was 1.78 x 10-2 ±0.01 x 10-2 and after improvement was 2.24 x 10-2 ± 0.03 x 10-2. The results analysisshowed that improvement of work quality by applying ergonomic approach coulddecrease the pressure force on L5/S1 of 60.94 % (p<0.05), musculoskeletal complaintsof 29.99 % (p<0.05), level of fatigue by 34.97 % (p<0.05) and work load by 42.59 %(p<0.05), as well as could increase the work productivity to 26.04 % (p<0.05).Therefore, it is conclused that the improvement of work quality by applying ergonomicapproach increases performance of traditional porters

Quality of Work Life of Women Employee Problems in Banking Sector: A Study in Warangal District, Telangana

Indian Banking Industry which is more than a century, passed through many phases in the last 100 years like social control, nationalization, liberalization, privatization, globalization and finally computerization. To keep the pace with the competitiveness derived from the above changes the banking industry, which is the area of concern being manpower intensive, must consider the role of human resource as the most significant key to enhance the profitability, efficiency and overall organizational effectiveness. Women working and earning something is a part of a modern phenomenon, but even now a day's majority of the women have been challenged by inequality in the workforce. A women worker obviously plays a double role, the traditional feminine role of a house wife or mother or daughter and that of a worker. With the multiplicity of roles her behaviour becomes complex in terms of expected and actual conduct, and she faces a lot of confusion with regard to her role and status. The two roles might sometimes lead to a conflict, which is reflected in many ways in her life

Effect of Work Environment, Quality of System and Work Culture on Satisfaction of Accounting Information System User

The purpose of this study to explain the empirical evidence of the influence of the work environment, the quality of IT systems and work culture on the satisfaction of users of accounting information systems at PT XYZ. Sampling in this study uses nonprobability sampling methods that use criteria that employees who are sampled are employees using IT systems in his work with saturated sampling techniques, data was collected using a survey method with questionnaire techniques with respondents were employees at PT XYZ by analyzing the data using multiple linear regression. 216 questionnaires were distributed but only 124 questionnaires could be processed. The research results show that the work environment influences the satisfaction of cash system users, IT system quality influences the satisfaction of cash system users and work culture influences the satisfaction of cash system users. The results of hypothesis testing provide a synthesis that the better the work environment, the quality of IT systems and work culture, then the satisfaction of cash system users produced by employees at PT XYZ will be better too

Analisis Quality Of Work Life pada Generasi X dan Y Alumni Fakultas Ekonomi dan Manajemen Ipb

The quality of Work Life is one of effort that can be implemented by the company to increase job satisfaction and productivity of employees. Nowadays, employees in Indonesia dominated by Generation X and Y. The respondents of this study are alumni of Economic and Management Faculty of IPB. The objectives of this study are to identify the perception of Generation X and Y towards factors of Quality of Work Life and to formulate a strategy to increase Quality of Work Life based on perceptions of Generation X and Y. The source of primary data obtained by questionnaire method and secondary data obtained by study of literature. This research was using descriptive analysis method, Pairwise Comparison Method, and The House Model. The results of this study indicated 56% perception of Generation X towards factors of QWL appropriate with the theory regarding the factors QWL in Generation X and 52% perception of generation Y towards factors of QWL appropriate with the theory regarding the factors QWL in the generation Y. The strategy that becomes priorities to increase Quality of Work Life of Generation X is a safety at work, compensation, and conflict resolution. The strategy that becomes priorities to increase Quality of WorkLife of Generation Y is career development, compensation, and pride to the company. Keywords: quality of worklife, generation X

Pengaruh Quality of Work Life (Qwl) Dan Reward Terhadap Organizational Citizenship Behavior (Ocb) Pada Guru Sekolah Dasar Negeri (Sdn) Di Babelan Bekasi

The objective of this research is to obtain information about the effect of quality of work life (QWL) and reward on teachers organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). This research used quantitative approach. The research was conducted to all of state elementary schools teachers in the district of Babelan Bekasi by using a survey method with path analysis applied in testing hypothesis. Population in this research were 129 teachers of Estate Elementary School.The research conclude: (1) There is a direct positive effect of quality of work life (QWL) on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). (2) There is a direct positive effect of reward on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). (3) There is a direct positive effect of quality of work life (QWL) on reward. Therefore to enhance teachers organizational citizenship behavior can be carried out by quality of work life (QWL) and reward