Achieving impact through human factors research

Irish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 122-128

  McDonald, Nick ^a   Corrigan, Siobhan ^a   Morrison, Rabea ^a   Leva, Chiara ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Design for operations; Impact; Organisational change; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873814165     PISSN: 03033910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03033910.2012.709162     Document Type: Article

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