TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Divergent and convergent thinking in emergency response organizations
JO  - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting
A1  - Hu, Yao
A1  - Mendonça, David
SP  - 374
EP  - 378
VL  - 53
IS  - 4
N2  - 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> 
LA  - en
SN  - 2169-5067
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193120905300444
ID  - ref1
ER  -