Aspects of Organizational Psychology and Innovation in Air Traffic Control

Summary, in English

In order to adapt to new conditions that increasing air traffic volumes bring forward, the Swedish Air Navigation Services (ANS) is going through a process of change. In order to meet the new conditions it will be necessary to be more efficient in the work of handling the air traffic. New conditions bring forward new demands, not only on technology and methods used, but also on organizational structures and individual employees. The challenge is to make the adaptation in ways that do not affect the safety standards. The Swedish air traffic control, ATC centers in Malmö and Stockholm are adjusting their activity to meet the new situations in mainly two ways: a new team-based organization has recently been introduced and a new ATC system will soon be installed.

• Author: Marcus Arvidsson; Curt R Johansson; Åsa Ek; Roland Akselsson; Billy Josefsson
• Editor: Clemens Weikert
• Department/s: Department of Psychology; Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology
• Publishing year: 2002
• Language: English
• Pages: 14-21
• Publication/Series: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of the Swedish Centre for Aviation R&D, on Human Factors and Safety in Aviation
• Document type: Conference paper
• Publisher: Swedish Centre for Aviation R&D, Lund University
• Topic: Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics; Psychology
• Keywords: air traffic control; change management; organizational climate; team climate; leadership; safety culture; psychosocial working environment
• Conference name: The 3rd International Conference of the Swedish Centre for Aviation R&D, on Human Factors and Safety in Aviation
• Conference date: 2002-09-26 - 2002-09-27
• Conference place: Lund, Sweden
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISBN: 91-975058-0-3