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Group Interaction in High Risk Environments

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Group Interaction in High Risk Environments

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Group Interaction in High Risk Environments book

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Group Interaction in High Risk Environments book

Edited ByRainer Dietrich, Traci Michelle Chhildress
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2004
eBook Published 31 December 2016
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315253787
Pages 304
eBook ISBN 9781315253787
Subjects Engineering & Technology
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Dietrich, R., & Chhildress, T.M. (Eds.). (2004). Group Interaction in High Risk Environments (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315253787

ABSTRACT

What governs the way in which people work together and handle technology in high risk environments? The understanding of decision making, communication and the other dimensions of team interaction within aircrews and other teams in highly stressful situations, is based on a multitude of diverse factors, each with its own literature and individual studies. This book is about how teams function in just such situations, providing a uniquely integrated and interdisciplinary account of the dynamics and main explanatory factors of team interaction under high workload. The book stems from the interdisciplinary research project 'Group Interaction in High Risk Environments' (GIHRE), a Collegium of the Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz Foundation. The goals of the project, and therefore the book, are to investigate, analyze and understand the behavior of professional groups working in high risk environments and to develop practical suggestions for enhancing performance. A central focus of this book is how groups in these professions deal with the factors that can threaten the safety and effectiveness of their task performance, whether these factors are part of the environment or part of the team itself. Four representative workplaces were investigated in three broad settings: in aviation, the cockpit of a commercial airliner; in medicine, the operating room and the intensive care unit of a hospital; in nuclear power, the control room of a nuclear power plant. The international and interdisciplinary composition of the Collegium ensures the book features a variety of different methodological and conceptual approaches, which are brought to bear at both theoretical and practical levels. Readers working in all related fields will find value in the case descriptions, the academic synthesis of the similarities between them, and ways to approach new challenges; specialists in applied psychology, human factors and technical management will gain new insights.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I: Seven Perspectives on Teamwork

chapter 1|16 pages

Group Interaction under Threat and High Workload

chapter 2|14 pages

Behavioral Markers in Analyzing Team Performance of Cockpit Crews

chapter 3|16 pages

The Effects of Different Forms of Co-ordination on Coping with Workload

chapter 4|20 pages

Communication in Nuclear Power Plants (NPP)

chapter 5|12 pages

Linguistic Factors

chapter 6|14 pages

Language Processing

chapter 7|8 pages

Task Load and the Microstructure of Cognition

part |2 pages

Part II: Specific Issues

chapter 8|30 pages

Setting the Stage: Characteristics of Organizations, Teams and Tasks Influencing Team Processes

chapter 9|24 pages

Structural Features of Language and Language Use

chapter 10|20 pages

Leadership and Co-ordination

chapter 11|22 pages

Determinants of Effective Communication

chapter 12|34 pages

Task Load Effects on Language Processing: Experimental Approaches

chapter I|2 pages

The GIHRE Projects and Researchers

chapter II|4 pages

Glossary Terms as Defined within the GIHRE Project

chapter III|1 pages

Percentage of Flights in which the Behavioural Indicator was Observed

chapter IV|5 pages

Behavioral Markers Group

chapter V|5 pages

Observational Categories with Examples used by the Co-ordination Group

chapter VI|7 pages

Linguistic Factors: Speech Acts

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