Learning at work: Competence development or competence-stress

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-144

  Paulsson, Katarina ^a   Ivergård, Toni ^b   Hunt, Brian ^b  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Competences; Control over learning; Demand control model; Stress; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPETITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT; STRESS FACTORS; WORK LOADS; WORKPLACE;

ERGONOMICS;

COMPETENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; STRESS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 13444304028     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2004.09.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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