Psychological Factors
We are interested in a range of psychological factors influencing performance in high-risk workplaces. These include:
Teamwork. Teamwork refers to the way in which the members of a team effectively interact and co-ordinate together. We are interested in teamwork and team performance in a number of industrial settings, and in particular within acute healthcare domains and aviation.
Leadership. We are interested in how leadership influences safety and performance at all organizational levels (unit-level supervisors to board level directors), and have a number of research projects investigating leadership within complex organizations.
Situation Awareness and Decision-making. We are particularly interested in how operators working in complex environments maintain a dynamic awareness of their current situation, and then make decisions on the basis of this understanding.
Non-technical Skills Assessment. We have developed and evaluated a number of specialised observational tools for assessing and providing feedback on the non-technical skills (eg, teamwork, situation awareness) of individuals working in complex team-based environments.
Safety/Organizational Climate. The way in which workers are influenced by their perceptions of the organization has been of interest to the IPRC for over 20 years. We are especially interested in safety climate and culture, as well as in identifying system factors influencing safety in high-risk organizations.
Occupational. Workforce well-being, and the influence this can have on behaviour, has been of interest to us in the oil and gas sector, public transport, and emergency services.
For more information about our current research projects, please select the psychology domain of interest.
Tel: +44 (0)1224 273210
Email: w.booth@abdn.ac.uk
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Mitchell, L. & Flin, R. (2008). Shooting decisions by police firearms officers. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, 4, 375-390.
Yule, S., Flin, R., Maran, N., Rowley, D. R., Youngson, G. G., & Paterson-Brown, S. (2008). Surgeons' non-technical skills in the operating room: Reliability testing of the NOTSS behaviour rating system. World Journal of Surgery, 32, 548-556