Sustained performance under overload: Personality and individual differences in stress and coping

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 417-422

  Matthews, Gerald ^a   Campbell, Sian E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b South East Employers ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping; Overload; Stress; Sustained attention; Task engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007800717     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639220903106395     Document Type: Article

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