Radio Gaga? Intra-team communication of Australian Rules Football Umpires – Effect of radio communication on content, structure and frequency

Timothy Neville; Paul M Salmon; Gemma J M Read

doi:10.1080/00140139.2017.1353140

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Radio Gaga? Intra-team communication of Australian Rules Football Umpires – Effect of radio communication on content, structure and frequency

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Radio Gaga? Intra-team communication of Australian Rules Football Umpires – Effect of radio communication on content, structure and frequency

Timothy Neville, Paul M Salmon and Gemma J M Read

Ergonomics, Vol.61(2), pp.313-328

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2017.1353140

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teamwork

team communication

Big Five

technology insertion

officials in sport

Intra-team communication plays an important role in team effectiveness in various domains including sport. As such, it is a key consideration when introducing new tools within systems that utilise teams. The difference in intra-team communication of Australian Rules Football (AFL) umpiring teams was studied when umpiring with or without radio communications technology. A cross-sectional observational study was conducted to analyse the verbal communication of seven umpiring teams (20 participants) grouped according to their experience with radio communication. The results identified that radio communication technology increased the frequency and altered the structure of intra-team communication. Examination of the content of the intra-team communication identified impacts on the 'Big Five' teamwork behaviours and associated coordinating mechanisms. Analysis revealed that the communications utilised did not align with the closed-loop form of communication described in the Big Five model. Implications for teamwork models, coaching and training of AFL umpires are discussed.

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Title: Radio Gaga? Intra-team communication of Australian Rules Football Umpires – Effect of radio communication on content, structure and frequency
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
Publication details: Ergonomics, Vol.61(2), pp.313-328
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Date published: 2018
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2017.1353140
ISSN: 0014-0139
Copyright note: This is an electronic version of an article published in Timothy J. Neville, Paul M. Salmon & Gemma J.M. Read (2018) Radio Gaga? Intra-team communication of Australian Rules Football umpires - effect of radio communication on content, structure and frequency, Ergonomics, 61:2, 313-328, DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2017.1353140. Ergonomics is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0014-0139&volume=61&issue=2&spage=313
Grants: A new complex systems approach to road trauma: Applying systems thinking to the fatal five, FT140100681, Australian Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - ARC
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; School of Health - Psychology; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450708602621
Output Type: Journal article

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