Team Member Shared Mental Models: A Theory and Some Methodological Issues
- 1 September 1991
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting
- Vol. 35 (19) , 1417-1421
- https://doi.org/10.1177/154193129103501917
Abstract
This paper discusses the hypotheses that shared mental models enhance teamwork skills, and that superior teamwork skills increase the quality of team performance. Methodological problems encountered in the development and evaluation of shared mental models are discussed. These issues include selection of mental models that teammates should share, methods of measuring mental models, training mental models, and validation of the relationships between shared mental models, teamwork skills, and successful team performance.Keywords
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