Improving the effectiveness of performance feedback by considering personality traits and task demands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Swift, Victor ^a   Peterson, Jordan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PERSONALITY; GAME; INDIVIDUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL FEEDBACK; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 85047453990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197810     Document Type: Article

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