Team climate at antarctic research stations 1996-2000: Leadership matters

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 681-687

  Schmidt, Lacey L ^a   Wood, JoAnna ^b   Lugg, Desmond J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Demographic diversity; Group cohesion; Leadership effectiveness; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ANTARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TEAMWORK; TRAVEL; VARIANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

NASA CENTER HQS; NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; EXPEDITIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 3442876659     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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