Predicting performance: Self-esteem among soldiers attending health care specialist training

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1496-1500

  Rice, Valerie J ^a   Butler, Jenny ^b   Marra, Diane ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Karta Technologies

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA); MILITARY COMPONENTS;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

EID: 44349113731     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120605001508     Document Type: Conference Paper

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