On the utility of experiential cross-training for team decision making under time stress

Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1095-1110

  McCann, Carol ^a   Baranski, Joseph V ^a   Thompson, Megan M ^a   Pigeau, Ross A ^a  

^a DEF AND CIV INST OF ENVIRON MED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross training; Mental models; Military Team interaction model; Team decision making; Time pressure; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MILITARY SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEAMWORK; TRAINING;

EID: 0033841639     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130050084897     Document Type: Article

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