Human Factors Specialists' Education and Utilization -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- SELECTED FINDINGS -- Characteristics and Use of Human Factors Specialists -- Type of Employer -- Focus of Work -- Work History -- Salary Received -- Self-Perception of Professional Identity -- Perceived Importance of Human Factors to Projects -- The Training of the Supervisors of Human Factors Specialists -- The Interactions of Human Factors Specialists -- The Nature of Human Factors Work -- Personal Characteristics of Specialists -- The Education of Human Factors Specialists -- Where were Education and Training Obtained? -- How Did Specialists Perceive the Quality of Their Formal Education? -- What Deficiencies Did Supervisors Report in Specialist Training? -- Characteristics of the Education Programs -- The Supply and Demand of Human Factors Specialists -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1-Introduction -- BACKGROUND -- The Human Factors Specialist -- Origins of the Study -- Issues -- OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY -- ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY -- 2-SURVEY METHODOLOGY -- THE COMPUTER-ASSISTED TELEPHONE INTERVIEW SURVEY -- Questionnaire Development -- Sampling -- Interviewing -- THE MAIL-IN QUESTIONNAIRE -- Questionnaire Development -- Sampling -- Cooperation Rate -- Quality of Data -- 3-Characteristics and Utilization of Human Factors Specialists -- THE WORK SETTING -- Type of Employer -- Focus of Work -- Hours Worked Per Week -- Work History -- Salary Received -- ROLE OF HUMAN FACTORS IN THE WORK SETTING -- Human Factors Specialist or Something Else? -- Importance of Human Factors to Projects -- Supervisor Background In and Knowledge of Human Factors -- SUPERVISION AND INTERACTION -- Span of Supervision -- Profile of Supervisory Tasks -- Interactions With Others -- THE NATURE OF THE WORK.

CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN FACTORS SPECIALISTS -- Highest Academic Degree -- Age, Gender, and Ethnic Origin -- 4-The Education of Human Factors Specialists -- SCOPE AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION -- Where Do We Learn What We Do? -- Quality of the Educational Experience -- The Human Factors Specialists' Perspective -- The Perspective of Employers of Human Factors Specialists -- 5-Supply and Demand of Human Factors Specialists -- SUPPLY -- DEMAND -- RELATIONSHIP OF SUPPLY TO DEMAND -- 6-Conclusions and Recommendations -- CONCLUSIONS -- Job Definition -- Skills and Knowledge -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Appendix A-Telephone Survey of Human Factors Specialists -- HUMAN FACTORS QUESTIONNAIRE -- Appendix B-Mail-In Questionnaire on Graduate Human Factors Programs -- SURVEY RESEARCH LABORATORY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HUMAN FACTORS SURVEY UNIVERSITY QUESTIONNAIRE -- Appendix C-Data Base Availability -- HUMAN FACTORS SPECIALISTS SURVEY -- HUMAN FACTORS SURVEY-UNIVERSITY QUESTIONNAIRE.