The relationship of control and learning to project performance

Cybernetics and Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 137-150

  Klein, Gary ^a   Beranek, Peggy ^a   Martz, Ben ^a   Jiang, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

BEHAVIOURAL CONTROLS; MANAGEMENT CONTROLS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 30944440498     PISSN: 01969722     EISSN: 10876553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01969720500425079     Document Type: Article

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