Is it really better to share? Distributed situation awareness and its implications for collaborative system design

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 58-83

  Salmon, Paul M ^a   Stanton, Neville A ^b   Walker, Guy H ^b   Jenkins, Daniel P ^c   Rafferty, Laura ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Sociotechnical Solutions Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

distributed cognition; propositional networks; situation awareness; teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858984745     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639220903009953     Document Type: Article

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