Play on or call a foul: testing and extending distributed situation awareness theory through sports officiating

Timothy Neville; Paul M Salmon; Gemma J M Read; Alexander C Kalloniatis

doi:10.1080/1463922X.2015.1106617

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Play on or call a foul: testing and extending distributed situation awareness theory through sports officiating

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Play on or call a foul: testing and extending distributed situation awareness theory through sports officiating

Timothy Neville, Paul M Salmon, Gemma J M Read and Alexander C Kalloniatis

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, Vol.17(1), pp.80-103

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1463922X.2015.1106617

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distributed situation awareness

sports

umpire

referee

coupling

distributed cognition

Australian rules football

The distributed situation awareness (DSA) model was introduced almost a decade ago and outlined six core tenets relating to the nature of situation awareness in sociotechnical systems. Despite the model being at the forefront of situation awareness research, to date, there has been no examination of these six tenets. In this paper, we examine each tenet to determine first whether they apply in the domain of fast ball sports officiating and second, to determine whether they require extension or revision in order to remain appropriate and relevant. Based on data from Australian rules football officiating, we find that four of the six tenets remain relevant. We argue, however, that two of the tenets, require revision and extension. Accordingly, we propose alternate tenets and associated research questions to facilitate extension of the theoretical underpinnings of the DSA model into the future.

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Title: Play on or call a foul: testing and extending distributed situation awareness theory through sports officiating
Authors: Timothy Neville (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Paul M Salmon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Gemma J M Read (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Alexander C Kalloniatis (Author) - Department of Defence, Australia
Publication details: Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, Vol.17(1), pp.80-103
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.1080/1463922X.2015.1106617
ISSN: 1463-922X
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health - Psychology; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449313902621
Output Type: Journal article

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