Instruments designed to validate the TEAM model (cf. Salas, Morgan, & Glickman, 1987) were field tested in an operational team training setting. The results and techniques of the novel analyses of the Trainee Self-Report Questionnaire are reported. The resuslts provide empirical support for the concepts embodied in the TEAM model. Use of the Trainee Self-Report Questionnaire as an instructional team training aid is explored and addressed.
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