A field study of team working in a new human supervisory control system

Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1190-1209

  Stanton, N A ^a   Ashleigh, M J ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control rooms; Systems analysis; Team culture; Team structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROL SYSTEM; ERGONOMICS; INDUSTRY; JOB PERFORMANCE; ORGANIZATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TEAMWORK;

EID: 0033838023     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130050084941     Document Type: Article

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