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Behavioral Effects of a Noisy Environment: Task Involvement Versus Passive Exposure.

This study compared the effects of noise under active task involvement as opposed to passive exposure. Eighty subjects were assigned to one of four conditions, representing 2 × 2 combinations of task versus no task, and noise versus quiet. Performance on a dial-monitoring task was unaffected by nois...

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Published in:Journal of Applied Psychology Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 67 - 75
Main Authors: Wohlwill, Joachim F., Nasar, Jack L., Dejoy, David M., Foruzani, Hossein H.
Format: Article
Published: American Psychological Association Feb76
Subjects:
Task analysis
Evaluation
Personnel management
Critical incident technique
Job analysis
Work design
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost