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Risk, feelings, and operational readiness
A mixed method approach
ISBN/EAN: 9783639163452
Umbreit-Nr.: 1425725
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 152 S.
Format in cm: 1 x 22 x 15
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 30.05.2017
Auflage: 1/2017
- Zusatztext
- Although it is widely believed that high quality judgements and operational readiness involve experiential as well as analytical processing, field studies are rare in decision research. A series of empirical studies were therefore directed at studying the underlying affective and cognitive processes in risk, feelings, and operational readiness within a military setting. Three different projects are reported, and altogether 8 different military samples participated. Mixed methods and designs were applied, ranging from the classical psychometric risk approach, panel data, and field experiments. This work suggests that perceived risk among military personnel relates to risk exposure, qualitative aspects of the hazard, and to anticipations of anxiousness. Risk perception seems less affected by anticipatory/experienced emotions or experimentally induced affect. In general, this work supports the notion of ''affective rationality'' in subjective risk perception and operational readiness.
- Autorenportrait
- Therese Kobbeltvedt (Dr. Psychol.) is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Bergen, and Associate Professor of Management at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. She graduated from University of Bergen, Norway as psychologist. Her doctoral work was financed by the Norwegian Department of Defence.