Programming Skill, Knowledge, and Working Memory Among Professional Software Developers from an Investment Theory Perspective

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 201-209

  Bergersen, Gunnar Rye ^a,b   Gustafsson, Jan Eric ^c  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Investment theory; Knowledge; Programming; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054927282     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000052     Document Type: Article

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