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Motivation

Ergonomics follows a very simple basic model that derives from physics: When you impact a body with a certain stress, the body will react with a corresponding strain. Since a standard method causes a stress that is typical for this standard method, the strain as a reaction to this typical stress situation should be typical, too.

The intensity of the strain, however, is not the same. It depends on the worker: his personal attributes, his abilities and his skills (together they form the capability for work). And it varies due to the actual disposition and motivation (together called readiness for work), and his health. If the strain overruns the permanent work load, breaks are necessary for his personal recovery to avoid acute or chronic damage.

We know that there are days when the same job feels hard, and days when it feels much easier. Besides the organic disposition, the motivation of the worker is crucial for the strain.

Motivated workers experience their work easier and suffer less from strain symptoms.

Disposition and motivation together form the readiness for work. While capability is the potential of any given person, readiness is the percentage of that potential actually activated.

(See more under TDiv PR1-E04)



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