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  • 1Royal Norwegian Naval Academy, Norway. roar.espevik@psysp.uib.no

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Summary

New ship crews, often unfamiliar due to shift work, struggle with coordination. This leads to reduced efficiency and increased stress, even for expert teams.

Area of Science:

  • Maritime operations
  • Human factors in complex systems
  • Team coordination and performance

Background:

  • Modern ships require complex coordination among crew members for task success.
  • Personnel rotation and shift schedules frequently result in teams lacking prior history.
  • Shared understanding of resources, goals, and constraints is crucial for effective teamwork.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of team unfamiliarity on coordination strategies and performance in maritime settings.
  • To examine how team composition (expert, distributed, unknown) affects efficiency and stress levels in novel crews.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of findings from three empirical studies.
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