Cohesion in Military and Aviation Psychology: An Annotated Bibliography and Suggestions for US Army Aviation

Abstract

Military units rely on cohesive teams for mission success and Soldier safety. Although the U.S. Army has increasingly viewed cohesion as a key to the success of combat operations, a comprehensive review of the cohesion literature yielded few published studies specifically addressing cohesion in military rotary-wing aircrews. The purpose of this review was to examine the cohesion-related literature in military and aviation psychology from the past decade to identify a set of characteristics associated with cohesive teams that can readily be applied to the Army rotary-wing aviation environment. The primary characteristics gleaned from this research are summarized and four qualitative dimensions are suggested that appear to be related to cohesion development. Suggestions for building cohesive Army aviation units are offered. In addition, an annotated bibliography of the key studies from which these dimensions emerged is provided.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA437003

Entities

People

  • Lawrence C. Katz
  • Robert L. Grice

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Army Aviation
  • Combat Operations
  • Families (Human)
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Aviation
  • Military Pilots
  • Military Research
  • Military Science
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Situational Awareness
  • Students
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Teamwork
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Library and Information Science
  • Organizational Psychology.