Title
The Workload And Performance Relationship In The Real World: A Study Of Police Officers In A Field Shooting Exercise
Keywords
Field study; Performance; Police officers; Shooting; Training; Workload
Abstract
We examined the relationship between perceived workload and performance by evaluating the responses of police officers to 4 different draw-and-shoot tasks in a night field training exercise which was part of their regular training regimen. Sixty-two police officers volunteered to participate. Results demonstrated an associative trend among 3 tasks where shooting performance decreased and workload increased as the tasks became more complex. However, performance on 1 specific shooting task did not correlate with any of the other 3 tasks, and in this 1 exceptional case, insensitivities were observed in which workload increased but performance remained constant. © 2008 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Publication Title
International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
Volume
14
Issue
2
Number of Pages
119-131
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2008.11076757
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
54049087822 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/54049087822
STARS Citation
Oron-Gilad, Tal; Szalma, James L.; Stafford, Shawn C.; and Hancock, Peter A., "The Workload And Performance Relationship In The Real World: A Study Of Police Officers In A Field Shooting Exercise" (2008). Scopus Export 2000s. 10586.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/10586