Year: 2017
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The general purpose of this study was to determine whether a relationship exists between \nemotional awareness and human error in aviation. A quantitative analysis approach was \nused to explore this by means of a cross-sectional survey design. The independent \nvariable emotional awareness and the dependent variable human error were \ncontextualised and operationalised. During the empirical phase, biographical information \nwas collected and the Hartmann Emotional Boundary Questionnaire was administered to \na purposive sample consisting of 173 aircrew members within the South African Air Force. \nFactor analysis revealed an eight-factor structure: involved; exactness; blend; openness; \nstructured; unstructured; flexibility; and imagination. No differentiation was found between \nthe mustering groups in relation to emotional awareness and human error. However, \ncorrelations differentiated between aircrew with zero human error and aircrew with “more \nthan ten years’ aviation experience”. The test for differences between human error and \nthe emotional awareness sub-construct "imagination" indicated a medium significance. \nFrom this relationship, the researcher deducted that “imaginative aircrew are prone to \nerr”.
Author: Andrea Stipp
Language: English
Subfield: Human Factors and Ergonomics
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2798071960