@article{ref1,
title="Relevance of air-traffic controllers' tacit knowledge in enhancing air-traffic control and safety in Ghanaian airspace",
journal="International journal of human factors modelling and simulation",
year="2018",
author="Sanda, Mohammed Aminu",
volume="6",
number="2/3",
pages="103-103",
abstract="This study explored the cognitive and workload demands of air-traffic control activity and the tacit knowledge used by air-traffic controllers to cope with the stress associated with such demands in ensuring air-traffic safety in Ghana. Guided by the systemic structural theory of activity, it was found that the air-traffic control activity entailed several challenges, whereby variety of tasks demand significant cognitive efforts, requiring use of tacit knowledge by the air-traffic controllers to augment their operational performances in order to enhance air-traffic safety. It is concluded that the functional efficiency and effectiveness of human work in the air-traffic control activity can be enhanced by understanding and integrating air-traffic controllers' tacit knowledge in the job design. By implication, this understanding can be incorporated in designing an operator-efficient and effective work system for air-traffic controllers in order to enhance management capacity of air-traffic safety in Ghana. Keywords: air-traffic control activity; air-traffic controller; tacit knowledge; air-traffic safety; Ghana.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1742-5549",
doi="10.1504/IJHFMS.2018.093170",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJHFMS.2018.093170"
}