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Using the Safety Culture Discussion Cards to Help Understand Textual Data

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 26/11/201224/04/2023

‘What we call our data are really our own constructions of other people’s constructions of…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Five Questions About Boredom, Fatigue and Vigilance

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 07/11/201214/04/2023

1. How different are boredom and fatigue? Both affect our ability to pay attention –…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Should the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors be more of a campaigning organisation? Yes.

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 03/10/201213/10/2014

Published in ‘The Ergonomist’, Newsletter of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors, October 2012, p. 4…

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Using the Safety Culture Discussion Cards: Tips From a User

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 18/07/201228/02/2023

I have received some great practical tips (and considerations for the future) from an ATC…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Reading on the Job: Fatigue, Boredom and Distraction While Underloaded

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 17/07/201214/04/2023

I have received a few queries asking for a view (or “the science”) on reading…

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Breaks From Operational Duty and Fatigue Management

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 16/07/201214/04/2023

by Steve Shorrock (Adapted from HindSight, Volume 13, Summer 2011, pp. 68-69, EUROCONTROL) Guidelines from Human Factors…

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Safety Culture in Your Hands

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 04/07/201224/04/2023

(This article featured in The Controller – Journal of Air Traffic Control, April 2012.) by…

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Is Ergonomics a Scientific Discipline? No.

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 27/06/201213/10/2014

This is taken from the article “Head to head: Is Ergonomics a Scientific Discipline?”, published…

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Human Factors Research and Practice – Part 2: Bridging the Gap

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 10/03/201217/03/2023

This article by Steve Shorrock and Amy Chung was published in The Ergonomist (newsletter of…

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Human Factors Research and Practice – Part 1: Surveying the Gap

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 10/03/201217/03/2023

This article by Steve Shorrock and Amy Chung was published in The Ergonomist (newsletter of…

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Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) | Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist (CErgHF) | BSc (Hons) MSc (Eng) PhD

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