Decision making on the London incident ground: an exploratory study

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-47

  Burke, Eugene ^a   Hendry, Charles ^b  

^a London Fire and Civil Defence Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b London Fire Brigade   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Fire services; Simulation; Task analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986093728     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683949710164244     Document Type: Article

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