Research Methods for Studying Groups and Teams

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MEASURING TEAM DYNAMICS IN THE WILD

Michael A. Rosen, Jessica L. Wildman and Eduardo Salas

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, AND INSTITUTE FOR SIMULATION AND TRAINING, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

Sara Rayne

NAVY PERSONNEL RESEARCH, STUDIES, AND TECHNOLOGY

Teams are a way of life in modern organizations. It is easy to take this for granted, but the safety and well-being of people in many industries and those they serve rely on effective communication, collaboration, and coordination. Good teamwork in the cockpit has helped to make commercial flights safer than the highways. Poor teamwork contributes heavily to the estimated 98, 000 deaths a year caused by preventable medical errors in the US. For these reasons, we (along with many others) have dedicated ...