Complexity in collaboration: Developing an understanding of macrocognition in teams through examination of task complexity

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1425-1429

  Lum, Heather C ^a   Fiore, Stephen M ^a   Rosen, Michael A ^a   Salas, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE TEAMS; KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION; OUTCOME EVALUATION; TASK COMPLEXITY;

ERGONOMICS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 70350591769     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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