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Multiple factors may influence Warfighters’ ability to team effectively with personnel from other nations in joint military operations. The present study (N = 696) used a situation judgement test (SJT) to assess multinational decision-making competence. We hypothesized that both social identity and general decision-making competencies would be associated with SJT performance. Performance was associated with lower nationalism, and with decision-making competencies including application of decision rules and knowledge of social norms. Multivariate analyses suggested social identity and decision-making competence predicted performance independently, although nationalism and competence were negatively associated. These findings suggest that training strategies for Warfighters might identify the individual’s strengths and weaknesses, and tailor explicit instruction and virtual learning scenarios accordingly.
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This research was sponsored by the U.S. Army RDECOM and was accomplished under Cooperative Agreement Number W911NF-15-2-0100. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of RDECOM or the U.S. Government.
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Matthews, G., Reinerman-Jones, L., Teo, G., Burke, S., Scribner, D. (2018). Nationalism, Patriotism and Multinational Decision-Making Competence: Evidence from a Situation Judgment Test. In: Hoffman, M. (eds) Advances in Cross-Cultural Decision Making. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 610. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60747-4_7
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