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Worker Skill Acquisition

Worker Skill Acquisition is a construct in the study of learning curves that denotes the incremental development of task proficiency by an individual worker through repeated practice or experience, distinguished from other performance factors by its focus on the temporal improvement in efficiency and accuracy attributable to skill formation.

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2017–2026

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UNDERSTANDING HUMAN COMPETENCE AT WORK: AN INTERPRETATIVE APPROACH.

Jörgen Sandberg · Academy of Management Journal · 2000 · 951 citations

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A THEORY OF THE ACQUISITION OF SPEED-SKILL∗

E. R. F. W. Crossman · Ergonomics · 1959 · 516 citations

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Big Data Investment, Skills, and Firm Value

Prasanna Tambe · Management Science · 2014 · 415 citations

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The effect of soft skills and training methodology on employee performance

Rosli Ibrahim, Ali Boerhannoeddin, Kazeem Kayode Bakare · European journal of training and development · 2017 · 282 citations

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Worker Characteristics, Job Characteristics, and the Receipt of On-the-Job Training

Joseph G. Altonji, James R. Spletzer · Industrial and Labor Relations Review · 1991 · 243 citations

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Authors

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  1. KE
    Karen Evans

    University of London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 216 citations

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  2. DA
    David A. Nembhard

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    3 publications · 191 citations

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  3. LU
    Lorna Unwin

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 267 citations

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  4. AF
    Alison Fuller

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 267 citations

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  5. FS
    Facundo Sepúlveda

    Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile

    2 publications · 73 citations

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Institutions

185

  1. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    455 citations

  2. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    173 citations

  3. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    134 citations

  4. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    280 citations

  5. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    204 citations

  6. University of Leicester

    Leicester, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    1K citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    101 citations

  8. Centre for Mental Health

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    87 citations

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  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 5 publications · 164 citations

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  2. Journal of Workplace Learning

    4 publications · 126 citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Psychology

    4 publications · 241 citations

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  4. Procedia CIRP

    3 publications · 94 citations

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  5. International Journal of Lifelong Education

    3 publications · 51 citations

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