Integrating errors into the training process: The function of error management instructions and the role of goal orientation

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 333-361

  Heimbeck, Doerte ^a   Frese, Michael ^a,b   Sonnentag, Sabine ^a   Keith, Nina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0038498075     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2003.tb00153.x     Document Type: Article

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