A Brief Examination of how Situation Awareness and Confidence are Affected in a Simulated Multinational Coalition C2 Headquarters

Abstract

An often-cited impediment to the development of good situation awareness (SA) in multinational coalition operations is linguistic differences. However, in addition to linguistic differences, groups can differ in terms of cognitive biases and national cultures. This paper presents some preliminary findings about the impact that language, cognitive biases, and national cultures have on SA and confidence within a multinational coalition headquarters.

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