Details

New publication: Communication quality affects performance of astronauts and support teams through increased workload: Insights from the AMADEE-20 analog Mars mission

Prof. Dr. Vera Hagemann (Chair of Business Psychology and Human Resource Management) and her colleague Lara Watermann have published an article in Acta Astronautica. Together with Dr.-Ing. Christiane Heinicke (University of Bremen, Centre for Applied Space Technology and Microgravity) and Dr. Florian Klonek (Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia), they investigated the question of how time-delayed communication affects the quality of communication and the workload and frustration of interdependent teams (crew and ground support) during a four-week analogue Mars mission regarding their performance and job satisfaction. It was found that clarity of objectives in the communication leads to less mental effort and thus to higher team performance, and that a high information flow leads to less frustration and thus to a greater job satisfaction. The publication entitled "Communication quality affects performance of astronauts and support teams through increased workload: Insights from the AMADEE-20 analog Mars mission" can be found here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S009457652300262X

[Translate to English:]
[Translate to English:]