Practice Variability and Transfer of Training: The Role of Self-efficacy Generality

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1094-1103

  Holladay, Courtney L ^a   Quiñones, Miguel A ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELF EFFICACY; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0344629217     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.88.6.1094     Document Type: Article

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