<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Military staff performance may be inferior due to several reasons. The purpose of the present survey was to study the impact of stress reactions, personality factors, situation awareness, and maladaptive group dynamics on the quality of the decision-making in Swedish high-level military staffs. Participants were mainly captains and majors, but also lieutenant colonels and colonels took part (n = 256, 61 % response rate). A mainly self-made questionnaire was administered in two staff exercises. Maladaptive group dynamics, stress exposure, lack of situation awareness, and negative stress reactions were the strongest predictors of poor staff performance, while personality had less impact. </p></abstract>

Military staff performance may be inferior due to several reasons. The purpose of the present survey was to study the impact of stress reactions, personality factors, situation awareness, and maladaptive group dynamics on the quality of the decision-making in Swedish high-level military staffs. Participants were mainly captains and majors, but also lieutenant colonels and colonels took part (n = 256, 61 % response rate). A mainly self-made questionnaire was administered in two staff exercises. Maladaptive group dynamics, stress exposure, lack of situation awareness, and negative stress reactions were the strongest predictors of poor staff performance, while personality had less impact.

Examining The Impact of Personality and Situational Factors on Decision Making Among Military Staffs

Swedish National Defence College, Dept. of Security, Strategy and Leadership,

Karlstad University, Department of Social and Psychological Studies,

Journal of Military Studies

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Military staff performance may be inferior due to several reasons. The purpose of the present survey was to study the impact of stress reactions, personality...

Examining The Impact of Personality and Situational Factors on Decision Making Among Military Staffs

Published Online: Nov 23, 2016

Page range: 26 - 37

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jms-2016-0193

Keywords
Staff, performance, stress reactions, personality, group dynamics, decision-making

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Examining The Impact of Personality and Situational Factors on Decision Making Among Military Staffs

Published Online: Nov 23, 2016

Page range: 26 - 37

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jms-2016-0193

KeywordsStaff, performance, stress reactions, personality, group dynamics, decision-making

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Staff, performance, stress reactions, personality, group dynamics, decision-making