Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Contemporary Business

Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Contemporary Business highlights the symbiotic relationship between human-centric approaches and organizational success in 21st century business and corporate culture. It delivers a comprehensive exploration of how integrating human factors and ergonomics strategically can fuel innovation, enhance performance, and deliver a competitive advantage.

By promoting employee wellbeing to implementing ergonomic interventions for heightened productivity, the chapters offer invaluable insights into the role of human factors across differing business sectors. Edited and authored by distinguished experts in the field, this handbook presents theoretical frameworks, empirical evidence, and real-world case studies. Across these chapters split into various sections on perspectives, digitalization and wellbeing, it provides interdisciplinary perspectives and practical applications to equip readers with the tools needed to encourage thriving workplace environments, nurture employee welfare, and foster innovation and creativity. International case studies from diverse businesses and topics on Industry 5.0, logistics, strategy, UX, productivity, green issues and much more result in a thorough overview of the topic. It will help any reader optimize organizational performance and understand the key connections between human factors and business success.

This title is an essential read for researchers and professionals in ergonomics and human factors, business and management, leadership, engineering design and human resources.

Shad Ahmad Khan is an Assistant Professor and Program Chair of Business Administration within the College of Business at the University of Buraimi, Oman. With over 13 years of teaching experience, Dr. Khan is a researcher specializing in green practices, online business management, and higher education institutions. He has 40 Scopus indexed publications and has been involved in funded projects, consultancy work, editorial roles in journals, and has active speaking roles at major academic conferences.

Sumit Narula is the Director/Head of the Institution at Amity School of Communication, Amity University Gurgoan, having previously held the position of Deputy Dean Research (Publications & Citations) at Amity University Madhya Pradesh, India. His expertise and research interests cover various areas including Research and Publication Ethics, Media Research, and Fake News Detection. He has earned accolades including the Innovation Research Award from Taylor’s University, Malaysia and voluntary Ambassador for Cross Ref. Dr Narula had two Master's degrees and two Postgraduate diplomas and has authored two books in Mass Communication/Journalism and edited seven others.

Arshi Naim, is an Associate Professor and Quality Programme head in Business Management at the King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia. She completed her PhD in Business Management at Singhania University Rajasthan, with an MBA in Marketing Management from HNB University and Economics from AMU, Aligarh, all in India. She is an expert in curriculum and programme development, quality and accreditation process and E-learning.

Monika Srivastava is a Professor at the School of Liberal Arts and Management at DIT University, Dehradun, India. With over 26 years of experience, Professor Monika an educator and consultant specializing in organizational behavior. Her career includes roles at Dr. Gaur Hari Singhania Institute of Management & Research and Sahara Art and Management Academy. Her international teaching and research engagements span countries including Bhutan, Ethiopia, Oman, and Nepal and she has earned accolades with the Teaching Excellence Award in2020 and the Best Teacher Award from Innovative Education for her invaluable contributions to society. Dr. Srivastava has published 40 research papers on contemporary management subjects including stress, commitment, well-being, corporate social responsibility, and management education.