High Performing Teams: The Moderating Effects of Communication Channels

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to support the Air Force's goal of improving team performance by bringing visibility to several overlapping areas of study where little comprehensive research has been conducted. Specifically, an officer's ability to successfully complete his or her mission has been complicated in recent years by the emergence of new communication technologies. For example, communication networks now make it possible for pilots to fly Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAVs) who sit on one continent while the aircraft and mission planners are on another and, although they may not see each other, their physical separation does not negate the need for effective team performance. It is important organizations have a clear understanding of the impact that communication technologies have on team and individual behaviors. Knowing these effects may mean the difference between successfully completing a mission or not.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA480267

Entities

People

  • Edgard I. Zamora

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Communication Channels
  • Computer Networks
  • Education
  • Electronic Mail
  • Network Science
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Students
  • Surveys
  • Teamwork
  • Teleconferencing
  • Training
  • United States
  • Video Teleconferencing
  • Virtual Reality

Readers

  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Human-Robot Interaction