Sleeping on the job: the use of anecdotes for recording rare but serious events
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ergonomics
- Vol. 30 (9) , 1229-1233
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00140138708966018
Abstract
Appeals were made by newspaper, national radio, and at a conference of occupational psychologists for first-hand accounts of instances of drowsiness at work. Thirty-five responses were received, and respondents were then given a structured questionnaire about the circumstances of this and other instances of drowsiness, and personal counter-measures. The situations, tasks, and remedies reported indicate a wide range of both causes and cures of drowsiness that should be further explored.Keywords
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