Tacit knowledge: A refinement and empirical test of the academic tacit knowledge scale

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 561-580

  Insch, Gary S ^a   McIntyre, Nancy ^a   Dawley, David ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Practical intelligence; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APTITUDE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649522657     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.142.6.561-580     Document Type: Article

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