Actionable insights for human factors and ergonomics to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals: mapping past advancements and proposing future strategic paths.

Despite significant strides in linking Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) and sustainability, research lacks precision in debating HFE's role, especially concerning the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper maps concrete contributions of HFE to the SDGs, offering strategic actions for target achievement. The methodological approach involved the application of PRISMA to define a sample, SciMAT and VOSviewer for visual and temporal thematic mapping, deductive content analysis and categorical analysis.

Towards a greater engagement of universities in addressing climate change challenges.

Many higher education institutions around the world are engaged in efforts to tackle climate change. This takes place by not only reducing their own carbon footprint but also by educating future leaders and contributing valuable research and expertise to the global effort to combat climate change. However, there is a need for studies that identify the nature of their engagement on the topic, and the extent to which they are contributing towards addressing the many problems associated with climate change.

An analysis of teleworking management practices.

Background: Organizational changes in the traditional work models demand studies on the management of the so called "Teleworking".

Objective: This research aims to analyse the teleworking management practices to subside organizations and leaders to improve their performance and enhance workers quality of life.

Methods: A survey was carried out with teleworkers to obtain their perception of the analyzed factors, using the survey monkey tool.

Proposal of guidelines to assist managers to face pressing challenges confronting Latin American universities: a complexity theory perspective.

The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated pre-existing problems in Latin America and posed unprecedented challenges for Latin American universities (LAU). These challenges can be characterised as complex problems that cannot be understood through reductionist approaches. This paper aims (i) to provide a complex system perspective of the challenges confronting LAUs and (ii) to propose guidelines for managers of LAUs to address them in practice.

Barriers to institutional social sustainability.

Social sustainability is a work field characterised by an emphasis on social aspects, e.g. equity, ethics, health, gender balance, or empowerment, within a broader sustainability context.

Predictive variables for feelings of sadness and depression while working remotely in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Remote work was evidenced in the pandemic and studies in this area increased. Most studies focus on professionals of companies or professors/students in the academic environment. At the same time, non-academic staff, that provide all the support required for the core activities of the institutions (research/teaching/extension activities) have been neglected.

Productivity analysis in work from home modality: An exploratory study considering an emerging country scenario in the COVID-19 context.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic affected the work environment worldwide and forced companies to adopt work from home (WFH) suddenly.

Objective: This study aims to identify factors that influence productivity in the WFH modality, considering the Brazilian scenario in the COVID-19 context.

Methods: The approach used was a Delphi method with 19 specialists in the subject.

COVID-19 and decent work: A bibliometric analysis.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Among these impacts, those related to the SDG 8 can be highlighted. Consequently, the literature has addressed aspects related to economic growth and decent work.

Trends in remote work: A science mapping study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic made workers suddenly change their routines and several companies adopted a remote work modality. This change quickly started to be analysed in academic literature.

Objective: This study aimed to perform a scientific mapping on the theme "remote work" to highlight the prominent themes associated with the subject for 2020 and 2021, covering the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Human factors and ergonomics in the context of COVID-19: Planning for concepts insertion in a productive systems discipline.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging companies worldwide and undergraduate courses need to consider this context within their disciplines, especially regarding human factors and ergonomics. For this, professors should plan how to insert this knowledge into the program content of their discipline.

Objective: This commentary aims to present how this insertion will be conducted in the second academic semester of 2020 in the discipline "Productive Systems" of the mechanical engineering undergraduate course offered by a Brazilian university.

Primary problems associated with the health and welfare of employees observed when implementing lean manufacturing projects.

Background: Lean philosophy is used by companies to increase productivity and reduce costs. Although uncontested benefits are created, it is necessary to highlight the problems related to employees' health and welfare caused by implementing lean manufacturing projects.

Objective: The primary objective of this paper is to review the literature and identify the most relevant problems created by lean philosophy for employees.