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Document ID (ISN)20287
CIS number 74-287
Year 1973
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Hacker W.
Title General occupational and engineering psychology - Mental structure and regulation of occupational activities
Original title Allgemeine Arbeits- und Ingenieurpsychologie - Psychische Struktur und Regulation von Arbeitstätigkeiten [in German]
Bibliographic information Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, , 1973. 472p. Illus. 439 ref. Price: M.24.80.
Abstract Individual sections are devoted to: working conditions and occupational activities and behaviour from the psychological point of view; motivation; perceptual and intellectual regulation of occupational activities; sensorimotor regulation; improving the mental structure of occupational activities; causes and conditions of mental errors; relationships between occupational activity and personality.
Descriptors (primary) work organization; occupational psychology; human failure; ergonomics; conditions of work; mental attitude
Descriptors (secondary) mental work; perceptual-motor performance; character; motivation; psychology of work organization
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Psychology and sociology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Ergonomics
Psychology of work organization
Psychological factors