Teams under threat: The effects of a transactive memory training
conference paper
Individuals encountering acute crisis situations during their work often do not face these situations alone, but as part of a team. The crisis situation may not only affect
individual task performance, but also the way these individuals work together. Their team performance is qualitatively different from their individual performance; team members occupy different roles, resulting in a need for coordination, synchronization, and exchange of information. Although individual level stress reactions in crisis situations have received much research attention, considerably less research has been done to investigate the effects of threat and stress on the performance of teams, and to develop ways to mitigate these effects. The current study focuses on team performance in threatening circumstances and the effects of a training designed to reduce the possibly debilitating effects of stress
individual task performance, but also the way these individuals work together. Their team performance is qualitatively different from their individual performance; team members occupy different roles, resulting in a need for coordination, synchronization, and exchange of information. Although individual level stress reactions in crisis situations have received much research attention, considerably less research has been done to investigate the effects of threat and stress on the performance of teams, and to develop ways to mitigate these effects. The current study focuses on team performance in threatening circumstances and the effects of a training designed to reduce the possibly debilitating effects of stress
TNO Identifier
347337
Source title
24th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.