Strategies in coping with complexity: Development of a behavioural marker system for air traffic controllers

Safety Science

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-34

  Kontogiannis, Tom ^a   Malakis, Stathis ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air traffic control; Behavioural markers; Cognitive strategies; Complexity; Error management; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL MARKERS; COGNITIVE STRATEGY; COMPLEXITY; ERROR MANAGEMENT; TEAMWORK;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; CONTROL TOWERS;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVIATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VIDEORECORDING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84874402609     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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