The Effects of Physical Threat on Team Processes During Complex Task Performance

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The Effects of Physical Threat on Team Processes During Complex Task Performance

Kamphuis, Wim - Personal Name; Gaillard, Anthony W. K. - Personal Name; Vogelaar, Ad L. W. - Personal Name;

Teams have become the norm for operating in dangerous and complex situations. To investigate how physical threat affects team performance, 27 three-person teams engaged in a complex planning and problem-solving task, either under physical threat or under normal conditions. Threat consisted of the possibility that during task performance the oxygen level would be reduced (which, in reality, did not occur). Team processes were measured by automated behavior recordings and questionnaires. Results confirmed that physical threat caused restrictions in information processing, more controlling leadership, less group discussions, and a reduction in coordinating and supporting behavior. These results support the propositions of the threat-rigidity thesis and extend previous research by establishing these results for physical threat and demonstrating effects on coordinating and supporting behavior as well.

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Series Title: Small Group Research
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Publisher: Thousand Oak : sage publisher., 2011
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Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 10464964
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Edition: Vol. 42 no. 6, December 2011.pp. 700-729
Subject(s): Leadership
problem solving
The Effects of Physical Threat
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