Evaluating Quality of Work Life as Base of Working Condition Improvement Based on Participatory Ergonomic: Case Study on Workers in Small Industry of Gamelan XYZ at Bali, Indonesia
Abstract
Small Industry of XYZ Gamelan in Bali Province is a heritage industry. Currently, the existence of small industry of Gamelan has become serious cause of attention for the local government; this makes the gamelan industry one of the interesting tourist objects in Bali. The demand of quality of life improvement of worker is a will of all
workers, but nevertheless, some cultures, local tradition, and the value of community life are becoming constraint to changing the local character. The objective of this research is to evaluate four domain qualities of life as base of initial information of working condition improvement based on user need (participatory ergonomic). The sampling technique used is non-probability sampling with accidental sampling design, that is, choosing sample based on immediacy of subject to population. A questionnaire was given to subjects based on inclusion criteria randomly. Data collection was done by parameter of quality of life questionnaire developed by WHO, that is, WHOQOL100, which contains 26 questions in total. It was a self-report questionnaire, where
subjects are requested to respond as conditions in 4 latest weeks. Data was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. Result showed that the quality of life of workers in small industry on XYZ Gamelan at Bali Province on physical health domain has a score of 54, meaning good;psychological score of 44, meaning less social; relationship domain had a score of 75, meaning good; and environment domain 44, meaning less good. Since physical health and environmental domain had lowest scores, thus improvement that considering human as the main indicator is a must. Improvement could be conducted by redesigning work facility, work load adjustment, and worker performance, and evaluating worker and company productivity.
Keywords: quality of life, participatory ergonomic, physic, psychologic, social relationship, environment
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