The concept of collective mind is developed to explain organizational performance in situations
requiring nearly continuous operational reliability. Collective mind is conceptualized as a …

This paper is concerned with defining organizational processes necessary to operate safely
technologically complex organizations that can do great physical harm to themselves and …

… The authors wish to thank Associate Editor Robert Ford for his extensive help developing
this article. They would also like to thank Rear Admiral Thomas Mercer, USN (Ret) for making …

This paper examines the problem of risk mitigation in virtual organizations (VOs). We begin
by discussing risk propensity in virtual organizations, and draw on a variety of research to …

… ROBERTS, GORDON A. WALTER … KH ROBERTS, ET ALL … The organization has a
reputation for sound and enlightened management and the general level of satisfaction …

Reviews the development of the job characteristics approach of JR Hackman and EE Lawler
(see record 1971-29858-001) and of Hackman and GR Oldham (see PA, Vols 54: 02031 …

Categorizes the literature into 26 substantive areas and further classifies it on the bases of
whether entries offer micro-or macro-data, and the vantage point from which research …

The incident command system (ICS) is a particular approach to assembly and control of the
highly reliable temporary organizations employed by many public safety professionals to …

… & Roberts, in press; Roberts, O'Reilly, Bretton, & Porter, in press). There has been no
systematic development of instrumentation to measure communication variables in organizations. …

… Professor Roberts, an organizational psychologist, is professor of business administration at
the … In addition, one of us (Roberts) has been able to observe the initial sea trials of the USS …