Short Title:
Cultural Diversity in LDSE
Responsible HRP Element:
Human Factors and Behavioral Performance
Funding Status:
Active - Currently funded and in progress
Procurement Mechanism(s):
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Aims:
The primary aims in this effort are:
- Focus on examining the critical issues surrounding cultural diversity in LDSE teams. The primary focus for this aim is to build off the work of Burke and Feitosa (2015) to produce a more contextualized framework within which to understand the challenges present in LDSE with respect to cultural diversity and team performance.
- Focus on the development of an integrated set of cross-cultural training tools that can be delivered at various mission phases in LDSE. Work in this are focuses on examining:
- What training strategies, countermeasures, and best practices from the wider literature on cross-cultural teams can be leveraged and adapted for use in LDSE?
- What are best practices for developing cultural training to facilitate working within a culturally diverse crew in LDSE with respect to the stage of team development and mission lifecycle?
- How can work on cultural differences in team metaphors be integrated with other best practices to inform the development of cultural training?
Ground Analog Resources
Ground-Based Flight Analogs
- Controlled Research Analog, Long Duration (4 months or more) – isolated and confined with spaceflight mission scenario [e.g., NEK/Russian Chamber]
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Number of Subjects
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18
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Category:
Requirement
Subcategory:
Guidelines/Criteria
Description:
Culture-based training protocols for team and task performance
Internal Customers:
Human Factors and Behavioral Performance
External Customers:
BHP Ops
Is a Customer-Supplier Agreement (CSA) Required?
No