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February 12, 2026Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Team Workload in Action Teams: A Review of Empirical Research

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CJCraig J. JohnsonRGRobert S. GutzwillerState Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (Azerbaijan)MCMyke C. CohenAptima (United States)

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Implication

This review examines team workload dynamics in action teams, suggesting improvements for future research and practice.

Key Points

  • This review aims to consolidate existing research on team workload in action teams and identify future research directions.
  • Conducted a literature review focused on empirical studies regarding team workload.
  • Analyzed various measurement methods for team workload.
  • Evaluated the conceptualization and manipulation of team workload in studies.
  • Identified diverse methods for measuring team workload, including subjective and performance-based metrics.
  • Noted that team workload is mostly analyzed as mean aggregates of individual workloads.
  • Highlighted nonlinear impacts of demand manipulations on individuals and teams.

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Johnson et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698d6e1a5be6419ac0d5387chttps://doi.org/10.1177/00187208261419344
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