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Human Factors on the Flight Deck

The Influence of National Culture

The University of Texas at Austin

Robert L. Helmreich

The University of Texas at Austin, nasaut{at}mail.utexas.edu

Pilots from the United States, the Philippines, and Taiwan as well as flight attendants from the United States, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, and Taiwan completed a 20-item attitudinal questionnaire about group processes on the flight deck. A three-dimensional INDSCAL analysis revealed one dimension, used primarily by the eight Asian groups, which reflected high power distance and collectivism. The second dimension, reflecting individualism and moderate power distance, was used by the U.S. flight attendants. The third dimension, individualism and low power distance, was used almost exclusively by the U.S. pilots. The attitudinal similarity among the eight Asian groups was attributed in part to the questionnaire's monocultural bias. A new study is outlined, and training recommendations are offered.

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 27, No. 1, 5-24 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/0022022196271001


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