Group Interaction in High Risk Environments (Paperback, 1)

Contents: Introduction, Rainer Dietrich and Traci M. Childress. Part I: Seven Perspectives on Teamwork: Group interaction under threat and high workload, Robert L. Helmreich and J. Bryan Sexton; Behavioral markers in analyzing team performance of cockpit crews, Ruth HA¤usler, Barbara Klampfer, Andrea Amacher and Werner Naef; The effects of different forms of co-ordination on coping with workload, Gudela Grote, EnikA¶ Zala-MezA¶ and Patrick Grommes; Communication in nuclear power plants (NPP), Ryoko Fukuda and Oliver StrA¤ter; Linguistic factors, Manfred Krifka, Silka Martens and Florian Schwarz; Language processing, Rainer Dietrich, Patrick Grommes and Sascha Neuper; Task load and the microstructure of cognition, Werner Sommer, Annette Hohlfeld and JA¶rg Sangals. Part II: Specific Issues: Setting the stage: characteristics of organizations, teams and tasks influencing team processes, Gudela Grote, Robert L. Helmreich, Oliver StrA¤ter, Ruth HA¤usler, EnikA¶ Zala-MezA¶ and J. Bryan Sexton; Structural features of language and language use, Manfred Krifka; Leadership and co-ordination, J. Bryan Sexton, Patrick Grommes, EnikA¶ Zala-MezA¶, Gudela Grote, Robert L. Helmreich and Ruth HA¤usler; Determinants of effective communication, Rainer Dietrich; Task load effects on language processing; experimental approaches, Annette Hohlfeld, Ryoko Fukuda, Sascha Neuper, JA¶rg Sangals, Werner Sommer and Oliver StrA¤ter, Appendices; Bibliography; Index.