Divergent and convergent thinking in emergency response organizations

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-2009

Abstract

This laboratory experiment shows how time constraint and event severity affect convergent and divergent thinking processes among professional emergency response personnel addressing a simulated emergency situation. Increasing time constraint resulted in fewer options considered, fewer recommendations made, fewer decisions taken, and less favorable decision outcomes. Increasing event severity had a more ambiguous effect, suggesting the need for further study on the effect of this factor alone and in conjunction with time constraint.

Identifier

77951557232 (Scopus)

ISBN

[9781615676231]

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1518/107118109x12524441081424

ISSN

10711813

First Page

374

Last Page

378

Volume

1

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