Robert L Helmreich, Ashleigh C Merritt

Culture at Work in Aviation and Medicine

National, Organizational and Professional Influences

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book the authors report the results of their ongoing exploration of the influences of culture in two professions - aviation and medicine. Within these two environments, they show the effects of professional, national and organizational cultures on individual attitudes, values and team interactions.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 511g
• ISBN-13: 9780754619048
• ISBN-10: 0754619044
• Artikelnr.: 22364783

Autorenporträt

Professor Robert L. Helmreich is Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, USA and Director of the University of Texas Aerospace Crew Research Project. With his colleagues he has conducted research for the US Office of Naval Research, NASA, the FAA and several major airlines around the world, and with University of Basel/Kantonsspital Operating Room Human Factors Project. He served as an officer in the US Navy and gained his PhD at Yale University. Dr Ashleigh C. Merritt earned her PhD in psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, USA and also served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Aerospace Crew Research Project. An Australian by birth and attitude, Ashleigh now works with Jean Pariès safety and human factors consulting group, Dédale, in Paris, France.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Groups and cultures in aviation and medicine
Professional culture
National culture
Organizational culture
Error management: a cultural universal in aviation and medicine
Implementing error management: trust, data and interventions
When cultures collide
Cultural psychology: a synthesis
Appendix A: Methodological issues in cross-cultural research
Appendix B: Data
Appendix C: Research instruments
References
Index.