Relationships between ability requirements and human errors in job tasks

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 551-564

  Buffardi, Louis C ^a   Fleishman, Edwin A ^a   Morath, Ray A ^b   McCarthy, Patrick M ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DATA BASE; HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; WORK;

COGNITION; DATABASES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; WORK;

EID: 0034237983     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.85.4.551     Document Type: Article

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