Aging and Work: How Do SOC Strategies Contribute to Job Performance Across Adulthood?

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 927-940

  Yeung, Dannii Y ^a   Fung, Helene H ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese working adults; experience sampling study; job performance; SOC strategies; task difficulty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB ADAPTATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; PRODUCTIVITY; SAMPLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149179574     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017531     Document Type: Article

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