@article{ref1,
title="Divergent and convergent thinking in emergency response organizations",
journal="Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting",
year="2009",
author="Hu, Yao and Mendonça, David",
volume="53",
number="4",
pages="374-378",
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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2169-5067",
doi="10.1177/154193120905300444",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193120905300444"
}