Understanding managerial problem-solving, knowledge use and information processing: Investigating stages from school to the workplace

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 387-410

  Arts, Jos A R ^a   Gijselaers, Wim H ^b   Boshuizen, Henny P A ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Expertise stages; Information processing; Managerial knowledge; Problem solving accuracy; Problem solving skill acquisition; Workplace transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749532824     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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