Shared Mental Models in Expert Team Decision Making

Abstract

describe how the notion of shared mental models can advance our understanding of teamwork and team decision making / delineate the implications of adopting such a position / several relevant bodies of research are reviewed, including literature regarding team performance, team decision making, and mental model theory / a case is made that, when teamwork is conceptualized in terms of shared mental models, it provides an effective means to understand this rather elusive phenomenon / the implications of adopting the shared mental model perspective in terms of team decision making and training for team decision making are discussed (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)