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Katherine Stephen's Outputs (2)

Towards a Definition of Metaskills
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stephen, K., Muir, L., & Hall, H. (2020, October). Towards a Definition of Metaskills. Presented at ISIC 2020: The Information Behaviour Conference, Pretoria, South Africa

Introduction: The term ‘metaskill’ has been used to mean a range of different types of information-based skill. This poster describes this variation in use across disciplines and industries, and two distinct but related definitions are found.
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Investigating cognitive adaptability in new workplace cultures with the Imitation Game
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stephen, K., Hall, H., Brazier, D., & Smith, C. (2021, August). Investigating cognitive adaptability in new workplace cultures with the Imitation Game. Paper presented at BSA Work, Employment and Society Conference 2021, Online

This paper discusses a new methodology in investigating cognitive adaptability, defined as “the ability to effectively and appropriately evolve or adapt decision policies given feedback from the environmental context in which cognitive processing is... Read More about Investigating cognitive adaptability in new workplace cultures with the Imitation Game.