A field study of training fault-finding

Travail Humain

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-44

  Patrick, J ^a   James, N ^b   Friend, C ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Analysis of skill; Analysis of task; Fault finding; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030557555     PISSN: 00411868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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