Measuring transactive memory systems in the field: Scale development and validation

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 587-604

  Lewis, Kyle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WORK;

ADULT; COGNITION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORK;

EID: 0042328114     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.88.4.587     Document Type: Article

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