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Evaluation of Risk Shift Between Individuals and Teams in an Operational Task
DescriptionThis study sought to find a polarized risk shift between individual decisions and team decisions in an operational task. Risk shift theory has been explored in psychology and teamwork literature and is defined as the propensity of teams to make riskier decisions than individuals. However, findings from previous work were based on tasks that lacked attributes present in an operational domain: complexity, accountability, realism, and measurable risk. This study had one independent variable: decision-maker with two levels, individual and team. Participants performed an aviation dispatch task and were responsible to make decisions on whether to divert, hold, or send airplanes, while weighing consequences of incurring policy violations and managing a potential approaching storm. Results showed the absolute value of the shift was significantly different than zero. Establishing operational HHT risk shift provides the foundation for future experiments, including examining how humans and agents perform teaming tasks involving risk.
Contributors
Master's Thesis Student, Senior Human Factors Engineer
Event Type
Lecture
TimeFriday, September 13th9:45am - 10:05am MST
LocationFLW Salon C
Tracks
Cognitive Engineering & Decision Making