ABSTRACT
A rapidly aging workforce coupled to ubiquitous computing presents chal lenges to employers. I report some results f1-om a study of workstation ergonomics for younger « 40 yr) and older (> 50 yr) workers, conducted at a large southeastern university in the United States . The sample was a representative one (n=206) of workers who spent at least part of their day at a computer workstation. A NIOSH ergonomics checklist and self-report comfort measures were taken initially in the office and a subset of the sample permitted us to measure these variables at their home workstations. We found greater comfort on most measures at home, and superior ergonomics at work than at home. Employers need to be encouraged to support better computer workstation setups for teleworkers.
