Kimberly A . Smith - Jentsch , Janis A . Cannon - Bowers , Scott I . Tannenbaum and Processes , and Effectiveness Guided Team Self - Correction : Impacts on Team Mental Models

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Measuring Team Knowledge

Multioperator tasks often require complex cognitive processing at the team level. Many team cognitive processes, such as situation assessment and coordination, are thought to rely on team knowledge. Team knowledge is multifaceted and comprises relatively generic knowledge in the form of team mental models and more specific team situation models. In this methodological review paper, we review re...

The influence of shared mental models on team process and performance.

The influence of teammates' shared mental models on team processes and performance was tested using 56 undergraduate dyads who "flew" a series of missions on a personal-computer-based flight-combat simulation. The authors both conceptually and empirically distinguished between teammates' task- and team-based mental models and indexed their convergence or "sharedness" using individually complete...

Measuring Team Knowledge 1 Running Head: MEASURING TEAM KNOWLEDGE Measuring Team Knowledge: A Window to the Cognitive Underpinnings of Team Performance

This paper reports an effort aimed at developing and evaluating measures of taskwork and teamwork team knowledge for teams in which members differ in knowledge backgrounds. These measures are used in a study with 36 teams to explore the cognitive underpinnings of team performance variations due to cross training regime. We demonstrate that these measures are valid and provide team performance i...

How Do Mental Models Guide the Behavour of Different Design Teams

Design can be understood as the integration of individual and collective work (Denton, 1997). When design is seen as the result of team activity, the analysis of the interactions of team members enables gaining insight into the way that team reaches successful or less successful outcome. As designing is a combination of individual and collective activities, the study of team behavior should con...