Human factors of complex sociotechnical systems.

Pascale Carayon

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Human factors of complex sociotechnical systems.

June 28, 2006

Carayon P. Appl Ergon. 2006;37(4):525-35.

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In this AHRQ–funded study, the author discusses how working across boundaries (organizational, geographical, cultural, and temporal) affects system design and implications from a human factors perspective

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