A sociotechnical systems model of organizational complexity and design and its relation to employee cognitive complexity

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 1028-1032

  Hendrick, Hal W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; PERSONNEL;

COGNITIVE COMPLEXITY; ORGANIZATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGNS; SOCIOTECHNICAL MODEL; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; STRATIFIED SYSTEMS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 77951543321     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1518/107118109x12524443344358     Document Type: Conference Paper

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