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Informationen zum Autor 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. Zusammenfassung Culture forms a complex framework of national, organizational and professional attitudes and values. In this text, the authors report the results of their ongoing exploration of the influences of culture in two professions - aviation and medicine. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.
