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Conceptual frameworks for the workplace change adoption process: elements integration from decision making and
Radin Zaid Radin Umar1, Carolyn M Sommerich1,2, Steve A Lavender2,3
1a Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering , Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya , Durian Tunggal , Melaka , Malaysia.
Ergonomics
|May 15, 2018
Summary
Understanding employee decision-making and learning is key to improving workplace safety and ergonomics interventions. This research offers new frameworks to boost the adoption of these crucial health and safety changes.
Area of Science:
- Occupational Health Psychology
- Behavioral Science
- Organizational Psychology
Background:
- Workplace interventions for ergonomics and safety can face employee resistance.
- Understanding decision-making and behavioral change is crucial for intervention success.
- Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) are a significant concern in occupational health.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review literature on thinking processes, decision-making, and learning cycles.
- To develop conceptual frameworks for workplace change adoption.
- To inform the design of effective implementation strategies for safety and ergonomics interventions.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of decision-making, behavioral change, and learning processes.
- Development of two conceptual frameworks for workplace change adoption.
- Integration of theoretical principles into practical application for practitioners.
Main Results:
- New conceptual frameworks were developed to understand workplace change adoption.
- The frameworks integrate principles of sense-making, decision-making, and learning.
- Identified pathways to influence employee acceptance of interventions.
Conclusions:
- Effective implementation strategies can facilitate the adoption and acceptance of workplace changes.
- Practitioners can use principles of sense-making and decision-making to design better interventions.
- Future research should focus on theoretically grounded implementation strategies for improved intervention adoption.
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