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3 unusual facts about Team composition and cohesion in spaceflight missions


Team composition and cohesion in spaceflight missions

Group cohesiveness has been defined as the strength of members' motivations to stay in the group.

Many organizations use competency frameworks to select individuals utilizing a "team-working" competency that measures how an individual works with other team members (support, knowledge sharing, etc.).

For example, breakdowns in team coordination, resource and informational exchanges, and role conflicts (all common indicators of poor team cohesion) were mentioned as contributors to both the Challenger and the Columbia space shuttle accidents.



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