Measuring return on investments in training and human performance

Human Performance Enhancement in High-Risk Environments: Insights, Developments, and Future Directions from Military Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 106-128

  Fletcher, J D ^a   Chatham, Ralph E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES   (United States)

^b NONE

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