Analysis of the resilience of team performance during a nuclear emergency response exercise

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 780-788

  Gomes, José Orlando ^a   Borges, Marcos R S ^a   Huber, Gilbert J ^a   Carvalho, Paulo Victor R ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nuclear emergency response; Resilience; Simulation exercises

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTERS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; JOB ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

COGNITIVE DIMENSIONS; COGNITIVE TASK ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS; NATIONAL EMERGENCIES; NUCLEAR EMERGENCY RESPONSE; RESILIENCE; SIMULATION EXERCISE; TRAINING ACTIVITIES;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; SIMULATION; TEAMWORK;

NUCLEAR EMERGENCY RESPONSE; RESILIENCE; SIMULATION EXERCISES;

BRAZIL; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCIES; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84892890169     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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