The relationship between physical environment and work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs) among UiTM Pahang office staff / Esdjunasudzhailie Ismon and Faidzal Alhafidz Tahril

The physical environments in the organization are giving an impact towards the people who work at the office, the health problem arise if the organization do not take the necessary step to prevent the problem occurrence. This research is a correlation research design that focuses on the relationship...

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Main Authors: Ismon, Esdjunasudzhailie, Tahril, Faidzal Alhafidz
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Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling my-uitm-ir.939382024-08-11T13:54:57Z The relationship between physical environment and work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs) among UiTM Pahang office staff / Esdjunasudzhailie Ismon and Faidzal Alhafidz Tahril 2012 Ismon, Esdjunasudzhailie Tahril, Faidzal Alhafidz Labor. Work environment Institutions of higher education The physical environments in the organization are giving an impact towards the people who work at the office, the health problem arise if the organization do not take the necessary step to prevent the problem occurrence. This research is a correlation research design that focuses on the relationship between the physical environment and work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WRMDs) among UiTM Pahang office staff. The element of the physical environment includes the office furniture, desktop and layout. The total questionnaire distributed is 75 and 47 were collected, it is equivalent to 62% of the respond rate. The mean value of office furniture is 3.56, mean value for desktop is 3.88 and mean value for layout is 3.20. From the findings, the analysis shows an evidence of strain and WRMDs of their body areas reported by respondent. It also shows a sign that the organizations needs to have do something regarding the problem before the negative impact started to develop such as absenteeism and job dissatisfaction. There is several recommendation such as provide ergonomics and comfortable equipment, medical check-up periodically, comfortable office layout, and health campaign to reduce the impact of the WRMDs among UiTM office staff. 2012 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/93938/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/93938/1/93938.PDF text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang Faculty of Business Management
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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topic Labor
Work environment
Institutions of higher education
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Work environment
Institutions of higher education
Ismon, Esdjunasudzhailie
Tahril, Faidzal Alhafidz
The relationship between physical environment and work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs) among UiTM Pahang office staff / Esdjunasudzhailie Ismon and Faidzal Alhafidz Tahril
description The physical environments in the organization are giving an impact towards the people who work at the office, the health problem arise if the organization do not take the necessary step to prevent the problem occurrence. This research is a correlation research design that focuses on the relationship between the physical environment and work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WRMDs) among UiTM Pahang office staff. The element of the physical environment includes the office furniture, desktop and layout. The total questionnaire distributed is 75 and 47 were collected, it is equivalent to 62% of the respond rate. The mean value of office furniture is 3.56, mean value for desktop is 3.88 and mean value for layout is 3.20. From the findings, the analysis shows an evidence of strain and WRMDs of their body areas reported by respondent. It also shows a sign that the organizations needs to have do something regarding the problem before the negative impact started to develop such as absenteeism and job dissatisfaction. There is several recommendation such as provide ergonomics and comfortable equipment, medical check-up periodically, comfortable office layout, and health campaign to reduce the impact of the WRMDs among UiTM office staff.
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author Ismon, Esdjunasudzhailie
Tahril, Faidzal Alhafidz
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title The relationship between physical environment and work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs) among UiTM Pahang office staff / Esdjunasudzhailie Ismon and Faidzal Alhafidz Tahril
title_short The relationship between physical environment and work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs) among UiTM Pahang office staff / Esdjunasudzhailie Ismon and Faidzal Alhafidz Tahril
title_full The relationship between physical environment and work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs) among UiTM Pahang office staff / Esdjunasudzhailie Ismon and Faidzal Alhafidz Tahril
title_fullStr The relationship between physical environment and work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs) among UiTM Pahang office staff / Esdjunasudzhailie Ismon and Faidzal Alhafidz Tahril
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between physical environment and work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs) among UiTM Pahang office staff / Esdjunasudzhailie Ismon and Faidzal Alhafidz Tahril
title_sort relationship between physical environment and work-related musculoskeletal disorders (wrmds) among uitm pahang office staff / esdjunasudzhailie ismon and faidzal alhafidz tahril
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang
granting_department Faculty of Business Management
publishDate 2012
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/93938/1/93938.PDF
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