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An interview analysis of coordination behaviours in out-of-hours secondary care (2019)
Journal Article
Martindale, S., Golightly, D., Pinchin, J., Shaw, D., Blakey, J., Perez, I., & Sharples, S. (2019). An interview analysis of coordination behaviours in out-of-hours secondary care. Applied Ergonomics, 81, Article 102861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2019.05.011

This paper seeks to elicit and structure the factors that shape the execution and, in particular, the coordination of work in Out of Hours care. Evenings and weekends in UK hospitals are managed by specific Out of Hours (OoH) care arrangements, and a... Read More about An interview analysis of coordination behaviours in out-of-hours secondary care.

Human factors in exclusive and shared use in the UK transport system (2019)
Report
Golightly, D., Houghton, R., HUGHES, N., & Sharples, S. (2019). Human factors in exclusive and shared use in the UK transport system. Foresight, Government Office for Science

Transport sharing describes a growing set of practices, systems and services that sit between traditional notions of private and public transport provision, and may have benefits in terms of both improving mobility in society and helping to address e... Read More about Human factors in exclusive and shared use in the UK transport system.

Readiness to Change: Perceptions of Safety Culture up and down the Supply Chain (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Stiles, S., Ryan, B., & Golightly, D. (2018). Readiness to Change: Perceptions of Safety Culture up and down the Supply Chain. In IEA 2018: Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) Volume II: Safety and Health, Slips, Trips and Falls (213-223). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96089-0_24

Safety culture research tends to treat organisations as a single body, with less focus on understanding how perceptions vary in a multi stakeholder environment. One such example of a multi-stakeholder environment is a construction project. The succes... Read More about Readiness to Change: Perceptions of Safety Culture up and down the Supply Chain.

Evaluating attitudes to safety leadership within rail construction projects (2018)
Journal Article
Stiles, S., Ryan, B., & Golightly, D. (2018). Evaluating attitudes to safety leadership within rail construction projects. Safety Science, 110(B), 134-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2017.12.030

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Safety leadership is widely discussed, commonly relating to improving safety performance within an occupational environment. Whilst there is considerable research on the characteristics of positive and negative safety leadership b... Read More about Evaluating attitudes to safety leadership within rail construction projects.

Identifying rail asset maintenance processes: a human-centric and sensemaking approach (2018)
Journal Article
Kefalidou, G., Golightly, D., & Sharples, S. (in press). Identifying rail asset maintenance processes: a human-centric and sensemaking approach. Cognition, Technology and Work, 20(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-017-0452-0

Efficient asset maintenance is key for delivering services such as transport. Current rail maintenance processes have been mostly reactive with a recent shift towards exploring proactive modes. The introduction of new ubiquitous technologies and adva... Read More about Identifying rail asset maintenance processes: a human-centric and sensemaking approach.

Online technology as a driver of sharing (2018)
Book Chapter
Harvey, J., Smith, A., & Golightly, D. (2018). Online technology as a driver of sharing. In B. Yasanti, B. Perera, & P. A. Albinsson (Eds.), The rise of the sharing economy : exploring the challenges and opportunities of collaborative consumption

Seeing the woods for the trees: the problem of information inefficiency and information overload on operator performance (2017)
Journal Article
Dadashi, N., Golightly, D., & Sharples, S. (in press). Seeing the woods for the trees: the problem of information inefficiency and information overload on operator performance. Cognition, Technology and Work, 19(4), 561–570. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-017-0451-1

One of the recurring questions in designing dynamic control environments is whether providing more information leads to better operational decisions. The idea of having every piece of information is increasingly tempting (and in safety critical domai... Read More about Seeing the woods for the trees: the problem of information inefficiency and information overload on operator performance.

Critical realism and economic anthropology (2017)
Journal Article
Harvey, J., Smith, A., & Golightly, D. (2017). Critical realism and economic anthropology. Journal of Critical Realism, 16(5), 431-450. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767430.2017.1377384

This paper discusses basic critical realism within the context of economic anthropology and develops an approach to studying material relations between people. A diachronic form of analysis, following the work of Bhaskar and Archer, is described as a... Read More about Critical realism and economic anthropology.

A cross-sector analysis of human and organisational factors in the deployment of data-driven predictive maintenance (2017)
Journal Article
Golightly, D., Kefalidou, G., & Sharples, S. (2018). A cross-sector analysis of human and organisational factors in the deployment of data-driven predictive maintenance. Information Systems and E-Business Management, 16(3), 627–648. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10257-017-0343-1

Domains such as utilities, power generation, manufacturing and transport are increasingly turning to data-driven tools for management and maintenance of key assets. Whole ecosystems of sensors and analytical tools can provide complex, predictive view... Read More about A cross-sector analysis of human and organisational factors in the deployment of data-driven predictive maintenance.

Train driving simulator studies: can novice drivers deliver the goods? (2017)
Journal Article
Large, D. R., Golightly, D., & Taylor, E. (2017). Train driving simulator studies: can novice drivers deliver the goods?. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409717704260

Early research suggests that, in a simulated train-driving environment, unskilled, novice drivers may exhibit comparable behaviour and performance to experienced, professional train drivers after receiving only minimal, task-specific training. Howeve... Read More about Train driving simulator studies: can novice drivers deliver the goods?.

Seeing the woods for the trees: the problem of information inefficiency and information overload on operator performance (2016)
Journal Article
Dadashi, N., Golightly, D., & Sharples, S. (2016). Seeing the woods for the trees: the problem of information inefficiency and information overload on operator performance. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 49(19), 603-608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.10.628

One of the recurring questions in designing dynamic control environments is whether providing more information leads to better operational decisions. The idea of having every piece of information and increasing situation awareness is so tempting (and... Read More about Seeing the woods for the trees: the problem of information inefficiency and information overload on operator performance.

How do principles for human-centred automation apply to Disruption Management Decision Support? (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Golightly, D., & Dadashi, N. (2016). How do principles for human-centred automation apply to Disruption Management Decision Support?. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIRT.2016.7588725

While automation of signal and route setting is routine, the use of automation or decision support in disruption management processes is far less common. Such support offers significant advantages in optimising re-planning of both timetable and resou... Read More about How do principles for human-centred automation apply to Disruption Management Decision Support?.

Application of Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) to UK rail safety of the line incidents (2016)
Journal Article
Madigan, R., Golightly, D., & Madders, R. (2016). Application of Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) to UK rail safety of the line incidents. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 97, 122-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2016.08.023

Minor safety incidents on the railways cause disruption, and may be indicators of more serious safety risks. The following paper aimed to gain an understanding of the relationship between active and latent factors, and particular causal paths for the... Read More about Application of Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) to UK rail safety of the line incidents.

Design requirements for effective hybrid decision making with Evolvable Assembly Systems (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Golightly, D., Sanderson, D., Holmes, P., Ratchev, S., & Sharples, S. (2016). Design requirements for effective hybrid decision making with Evolvable Assembly Systems. In ECCE '16: Proceedings of the European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics. https://doi.org/10.1145/2970930.2970949

This paper examines 10 challenges for making automation a team player in the context of Evolvable Assembly Systems (EAS) with the aim of delivering requirements for effective hybrid human-automation decision making. Specific decision making use cases... Read More about Design requirements for effective hybrid decision making with Evolvable Assembly Systems.

Manufacturing in the cloud: a human factors perspective (2016)
Journal Article
Golightly, D., Sharples, S., Patel, H., & Ratchev, S. (2016). Manufacturing in the cloud: a human factors perspective. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 55, 12-21

Cloud manufacturing adopts a cloud computing paradigm as the basis for delivering shared, on-demand manufacturing services. The result is customer-centric supply chains that can be configured for cost, quality, speed and customisation. While the tech... Read More about Manufacturing in the cloud: a human factors perspective.

Alarm handling for health monitoring: operator strategies used in an electrical control room of a rail network (2016)
Journal Article
Dadashi, N., Wilson, J. R., Golightly, D., & Sharples, S. (2016). Alarm handling for health monitoring: operator strategies used in an electrical control room of a rail network. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 230(5), 1415-1428. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409715593574

Alarm management is a key component of the successful operation of a prognostic or health-monitoring technology. Although alarms can alert the operator to critical information, false alarms and alarm flooding can cause major difficulties for successf... Read More about Alarm handling for health monitoring: operator strategies used in an electrical control room of a rail network.

The characteristics of railway service disruption: implications for disruption management (2016)
Journal Article
Golightly, D., & Dadashi, N. (in press). The characteristics of railway service disruption: implications for disruption management. Ergonomics, https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2016.1173231

Rail disruption management is central to operational continuity and customer satisfaction. Disruption is not a unitary phenomenon - it varies by time, cause, location and complexity of coordination. Effective, user-centred technology for rail disrupt... Read More about The characteristics of railway service disruption: implications for disruption management.

Nature: a new paradigm for well-being and ergonomics (2016)
Journal Article
Richardson, M., Maspero, M., Golightly, D., Sheffield, D., Staples, V., & Lumber, R. (2016). Nature: a new paradigm for well-being and ergonomics. Ergonomics, 60(2), 292-305. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2016.1157213

Nature is presented as a new paradigm for ergonomics. As a discipline concerned with well-being, the importance of natural environments for wellness should be part of ergonomics knowledge and practice. This position is supported by providing a concis... Read More about Nature: a new paradigm for well-being and ergonomics.

Span of control in supervision of rail track work (2016)
Journal Article
Houghton, R. J., White, C., Golightly, D., & Wilson, J. R. (2016). Span of control in supervision of rail track work. Cognition, Technology and Work, 18(2), 361-378. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-016-0364-4

The supervision of engineering work on the railways has received relatively little examination despite being both safety-critical in its own right and having wider implications for the successful running of the railways. The present paper is concerne... Read More about Span of control in supervision of rail track work.

Giving and sharing in the computer-mediated economy (2014)
Journal Article
Golightly, D., Smith, A., & Harvey, J. (2017). Giving and sharing in the computer-mediated economy. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 16(4), 363-371. doi:10.1002/cb.1499

The paper examines how digital technology mediates the behaviour of consumers in three online systems that facilitate offline gift giving and sharing (Freecycle, Couchsurfing, and Landshare). Findings derived from a netnography and depth interviews r... Read More about Giving and sharing in the computer-mediated economy.