Being optimismtic may not always be advantageous: The relationship between dispositional optimism, coping, and performance

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1224-1228

  Helton, William S ^a   Matthews, Gerald ^b   Warm, Joel S ^b   Dember, William N ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AIRCRAFT ENGINES; CORRELATION METHODS;

COPING STRATEGIES; DISPOSITIONAL PREFERENCE;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 44349107628     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120504901302     Document Type: Conference Paper

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