Abstract:In this study our goal is to understand how leadership behavior affects the well-being of firefighter teams operating under conditions of a simulated rural fire. A virtual reality scenario was developed to replicate a large rural fire. We studied 20 firefighter teams, involved in this scenario, with different leader behaviors, to identify the momentary responses of the team, understand the factors that underlie these responses, and test the moderating role of leader behavior. Our results show that directive le… Show more
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