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

Socpus ID

54049087822 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/54049087822

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