The Effects of Temperature Levels on Task Performance: A Review
Ezrin Hani SUKADARIN1, Tan Zhen SHENG1, Junaidah ZAKARIA1, Fazrina SALLEH1 and Khairul Amri Abdul AZIZ2

1 Occupational Safety and Health Program, Faculty of Engineering Technology

2 Centre for Modern Language and Human Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26300 Gambang, Pahang, Malaysia

Page 48 – 52   |   Vol. 1, No. 2 (2016)   |    Available online on 1 December 2016

Abstract

Temperature may negatively affects human performance rate and human physical response if it is not properly controlled. Effects of temperature on task performance and its contribution to the occurrence of thermal comfort had been a major focus in hundreds of studies. However, until now inconsistent results were yielded from those studies. This paper presents the literature review of the researches on the effects of temperature on task performance. To gain better understanding, thermal comfort issue and task performance also have been reviewed. Conclusively, there are some researches which have proved that the variations in temperature levels can affect task performance and thermal comfort, while some researchers disagreed with the finding.

Keywords

Temperature, Task Performance, Thermal Comfort

Acknowledgement

The authors wish to thank the Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), for the continuous support in terms of facilities provided.

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