Gender differences in performance of a selection test using the incremental lifting machine

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-52

  Stevenson, J M ^a   Greenhorn, D R ^a   Bryant, J T ^a   Deakin, J M ^a   Smith, J T ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Incremental lifting machine; Pre employment screening; Selection procedures

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCURACY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0030052182     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-6870(95)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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