Developing expertise in military communications planning: Do verbal reports change with experience?

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 617-629

  McIlroy, Rich C ^a   Stanton, Neville A ^a   Remington, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expertise; Skill acquisition; Think aloud

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013807931     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2010.492239     Document Type: Article

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