Complexity in collaboration: Developing an understanding of macrocognition in teams through examination of task complexity

Heather C. Lum; Stephen M. Fiore; Michael A. Rosen; Eduardo Salas

Complexity in collaboration: Developing an understanding of macrocognition in teams through examination of task complexity

Heather C. Lum, Stephen M. Fiore, Michael A. Rosen, Eduardo Salas

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Abstract

How individuals and teams work together to plan, think, decide, and solve problems has been of increasing interest to researchers within the past decade. Specifically, collaborative aspects of macrocognition such as knowledge construction, collaborative team problem solving, team consensus, and outcome evaluation and revision are moving to the forefront of team research. Critical to our overall goal of improving collaboration, is an understanding of how the nature of the task interacts with team problem solving. Therefore, in this paper we focus on task complexity and discuss how it can potentially be operationalized and examined to better understand how it can impact collaboration.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	52nd Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, HFES 2008
Pages	1425-1429
Number of pages	5
State	Published - Dec 1 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	52nd Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, HFES 2008 - New York, NY, United States Duration: Sep 22 2008 → Sep 26 2008

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Volume	3
ISSN (Print)	1071-1813

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Other	52nd Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, HFES 2008
Country/Territory	United States
City	New York, NY
Period	9/22/08 → 9/26/08

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human Factors and Ergonomics

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Complexity in collaboration: Developing an understanding of macrocognition in teams through examination of task complexity. / Lum, Heather C.; Fiore, Stephen M.; Rosen, Michael A. et al.
52nd Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, HFES 2008. 2008. p. 1425-1429 (Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society; Vol. 3).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Lum, HC, Fiore, SM, Rosen, MA & Salas, E 2008, Complexity in collaboration: Developing an understanding of macrocognition in teams through examination of task complexity. in 52nd Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, HFES 2008. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, vol. 3, pp. 1425-1429, 52nd Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, HFES 2008, New York, NY, United States, 9/22/08.

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