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Coordination in Human and Primate Groups

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Editors:
  1. Margarete Boos

    1. , Georg-Elias-Müller-Institute for Psychol, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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  2. Michaela Kolbe

    1. , Dept. of Management, Technology, and Eco, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

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  3. Peter M. Kappeler

    1. , Dept. of Behavioral Ecology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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  4. Thomas Ellwart

    1. , Dept. of Economic Psychology, University of Trier, Trier, Germany

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  • Presents an overview of the variety of the latest assessment methods of group coordination and the scope of their potential applications and good practice for implementation

  • Present the latest research on human and primate group coordination

  • Sketches a baseline for comparative research about human and primate group research

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Theoretical Approaches to Group Coordination

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Coordination in Human and Non-human Primate Groups: Why Compare and How?

      • Margarete Boos, Michaela Kolbe, Peter M. Kappeler
      Pages 3-10

    3. An Inclusive Model of Group Coordination

      • Margarete Boos, Michaela Kolbe, Micha Strack
      Pages 11-35

    4. Coordination of Group Movements in Non-human Primates

      • Claudia Fichtel, Lennart Pyritz, Peter M. Kappeler
      Pages 37-56

    5. Dimensions of Group Coordination: Applicability Test of the Coordination Mechanism Circumplex Model

      • Micha Strack, Michaela Kolbe, Margarete Boos
      Pages 57-73

    6. The Role of Coordination in Preventing Harm in Healthcare Groups: Research Examples from Anaesthesia and an Integrated Model of Coordination for Action Teams in Health Care

      • Michaela Kolbe, Michael Burtscher, Tanja Manser, Barbara Künzle, Gudela Grote
      Pages 75-92

    7. Developing Observational Categories for Group Process Research Based on Task and Coordination Requirement Analysis: Examples from Research on Medical Emergency-Driven Teams

      • Franziska Tschan, Norbert K. Semmer, Maria Vetterli, Andrea Gurtner, Sabina Hunziker, Stephan U. Marsch
      Pages 93-115

  3. Assessing Coordination in Human Groups – Concepts and Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Assessing Coordination in Human Groups: Concepts and Methods

      • Thomas Ellwart
      Pages 119-135

    3. Assessing Team Coordination Potential

      • Kristina Lauche
      Pages 137-153

    4. Measurement of Team Knowledge in the Field: Methodological Advantages and Limitations

      • Thomas Ellwart, Torsten Biemann, Oliver Rack
      Pages 155-176

    5. An Observation-Based Method for Measuring the Sharedness of Mental Models in Teams

      • Petra Badke-Schaub, Andre Neumann, Kristina Lauche
      Pages 177-197

    6. Effective Coordination in Human Group Decision Making: MICRO-CO: A Micro-analytical Taxonomy for Analysing Explicit Coordination Mechanisms in Decision-Making Groups

      • Michaela Kolbe, Micha Strack, Alexandra Stein, Margarete Boos
      Pages 199-219

  4. Primatological Approaches to the Conceptualisation and Measurement of Group Coordination

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221
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    2. Primatological Approaches to the Study of Group Coordination

      • Peter M. Kappeler
      Pages 223-228

    3. Communicative and Cognitive Underpinnings of Animal Group Movement

      • Julia Fischer, Dietmar Zinner
      Pages 229-244

    4. Communicative Cues Among and Between Human and Non-human Primates: Attending to Specificity in Triadic Gestural Interactions

      • Juliane Kaminski
      Pages 245-261

    5. Coordination in Primate Mixed-Species Groups

      • Eckhard W. Heymann
      Pages 263-281

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 283-288
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About this book

Coordination in Human and Primate Groups presents one of the first collections of the different approaches and methods used to assess coordination processes in groups. Written by psychologists and primatologists, the book represents a broad range of coordination research fields such as social psychology, work and organizational psychology, medicine, primatology, and behavioural ecology. It is designed for researchers and practitioners interested in understanding the behavioural aspects of group coordination.

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“This volume offers an interdisciplinary perspective on coordination of group-level behavior in humans and nonhuman primates, combination theory, methods, and empirical results from both psychology and primatology. … this remains a collection of useful and thoughtful papers from a wide array of perspectives that can potentially advance our knowledge and inform research in several disciplines. It should be of interest to psychologists, anthropologists, sociologists, zoologists, and primatologists, as well as any behavioral scientist interested in the relationship between individual and group behavior.” (Larissa Swedell, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 87 (3), September, 2012)

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Georg-Elias-Müller-Institute for Psychol, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

    Margarete Boos

  • , Dept. of Management, Technology, and Eco, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Michaela Kolbe

  • , Dept. of Behavioral Ecology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

    Peter M. Kappeler

  • , Dept. of Economic Psychology, University of Trier, Trier, Germany

    Thomas Ellwart

About the editors

Boos, Margarete, Prof. Dr. phil., since 1995 Professor of Industrial and Organisational Psychology at the University Göttingen, Spokesperson of the Courant Research Centre Evolution of Social Behaviour within the Excellence Initiative of the University of Göttingen. Research on group coordination, computer-mediated communication in groups, psychology of brands. Counseling and training in the fields of cooperation and leadership, civil courage and moderation of groups. Kolbe, Michaela, Dr. rer. nat., since 2007 postdoctoral research assistant at the ETH Zurich. She received her Diploma and Ph.D. degrees in Psychology from the University of Goettingen, Germany. Her research focuses on coordination processes in groups, especially decision-making and medical teams. Ellwart, Thomas, Dr., since 2007 Ass. Professor of Applied Psychology at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Psychology from Dresden Technical University, Germany. His major focus in research is on work teams with topics such as cooperation and coordination processes, knowledge exchange and process improvement. In these topics his current focus is on influences of age diversity and computer-mediated communication. Kappeler, Peter, Prof. Dr., since 2003 Professorship in Sociobiology/Anthropology (University of Göttingen) and head of the department of Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology (German Primate Centre). Main fields of research: primate and human behaviour, evolution of social systems, sexual selection, molecular ecology, biodiversity and conservation.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Coordination in Human and Primate Groups

  • Editors: Margarete Boos, Michaela Kolbe, Peter M. Kappeler, Thomas Ellwart

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15355-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-15354-9Published: 05 January 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42269-0Published: 02 October 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-15355-6Published: 03 January 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 288

  • Topics: Behavioral Sciences, Developmental Psychology, Evolutionary Biology, Zoology

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