Team climate and situational leadership in air traffic control

Summary, in English

In a joint project between the Swedish Civil Aviation Administration (SCAA) and Lund University, questions concerning organizational aspects - such as organizational climate, team climate, situational leadership, psychosocial working environment - and safety culture are under study. A team-based organization has recently been introduced and a new air traffic control system will soon be installed at the two main air traffic control centers (ATCC) in Sweden. To find out how these changes will affect the organizational aspects and the safety culture, four studies will be conducted. These studies will involve the two air traffic control centers in Malmö and Stockholm as well as the Air Navigation Services Headquarters in Norrköping (ANS). The first study conducted about a year before the introduction of the new system, has been accomplished. The second study will be conducted just before the system introduction, the third directly after the introduction and the fourth approximately six months later. This design gives the opportunity to compare the situations before and after the system introduction.

• Author: Marcus Arvidsson; Curt R Johansson; Åsa Ek; Roland Akselsson
• Department/s: Department of Psychology; Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology
• Publishing year: 2003
• Language: English
• Pages: 14-18
• Publication/Series: Proceedings of the Fifth European Conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology
• Links: http://www.lfv.se/upload/ANS/Project/HUFA/IEA2003-Seoul-MA.pdf
• Document type: Conference paper
• Topic: Psychology; Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
• Keywords: safety climate; situational leadership; air traffic control; team climate
• Conference name: The 5th European Conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology
• Conference date: 2003-11-20 - 2003-11-21
• Conference place: Berlin, Germany
• Status: Published