Professor Rhona Flin's Outputs (45)

Development and pilot study of a university research culture questionnaire. (2025)
Journal Article
ROBERTS, R., FLIN, R., LAMB, A.J., WILLIAMS, J. and FYFE, N. 2025. Development and pilot study of a university research culture questionnaire. Research evaluation [online], 34, article number rvaf011. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvaf011

A positive working environment and culture are essential for researchers as these enable them to conduct valuable, high-quality research. Yet, university staff frequently report their research culture as less than ideal. To understand researchers' ex... Read More about Development and pilot study of a university research culture questionnaire..

Human factors in onshore and offshore wind: a scoping review. (2025)
Journal Article
ROBERTS, R. and FLIN, R. [2025]. Human factors in onshore and offshore wind: a scoping review. Ergonomics [online], Latest Articles. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2025.2463440

A safe, healthy and competent workforce in the wind power industry is essential for meeting climate goals and energy needs. Wind technicians conduct critical tasks on wind turbines often in remote, hazardous environments in onshore and offshore locat... Read More about Human factors in onshore and offshore wind: a scoping review..

Thinking is for doing: project cognition as the foundation of project behaviour. (2025)
Journal Article
STINGL, V., GILCHRIST, A., LAWANI, A., FLIN, R. and ZWIKAEL, O. 2025. Thinking is for doing: project cognition as the foundation of project behaviour. International journal of project management [online], 43(1), article number 102678. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102678

Cognition, understood as the way the mind acquires, processes, and enacts information, is at the root of all behaviour. Yet, while the interest in behaviour in projects is increasing, these cognitive foundations are often disregarded or only haphazar... Read More about Thinking is for doing: project cognition as the foundation of project behaviour..

An investigation of the development of soft skills required for health supply chain practice in developing economies. (2024)
Thesis
CHINDOVE, S. 2024. An investigation of the development of soft skills required for health supply chain practice in developing economies. Robert Gordon University, DBA thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2795498

Soft skills, also referred to as non-technical skills, are becoming increasingly important in today's business environment. The focus now is on developing a well-rounded workforce with a blend of soft and technical skills to be better equipped to han... Read More about An investigation of the development of soft skills required for health supply chain practice in developing economies..

The challenges of decision-making in emergency management, the cognitive aids people use and the decision-making training they receive. (2024)
Journal Article
BEARMAN, C., HAYES, P., MCLENNAN, J., PENNEY, G., BUTLER, P.C. and FLIN, R. 2024. The challenges of decision-making in emergency management, the cognitive aids people use and the decision-making training they receive. Australian journal of emergency management [online], 39(4), pages 10-12. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/2bsett7b

Emergency management is a complex socio-technical system in which people operate in hierarchies of teams (Bearman et al. 2023). At the heart of this system are people making decisions to achieve the best outcomes possible for the community. In this c... Read More about The challenges of decision-making in emergency management, the cognitive aids people use and the decision-making training they receive..

Emergency management decision-making in a changing world: 3 key challenges (2024)
Journal Article
BUTLER, P.C., FLIN, R., BEARMAN, C., HAYES, P., PENNEY, G. and MCLENNAN, J. 2024. Emergency management decision-making in a changing world: 3 key challenges. Australian journal of emergency management [online], 39(4), pages 23-32. Available from: https://doi.org/10.47389/39.4.23

Managing emergencies is taxing for individuals due to the stress of making decisions in dangerous, high-stakes and time-constrained environments. These complex, dynamic environments also make it difficult to coordinate as other responders perform dif... Read More about Emergency management decision-making in a changing world: 3 key challenges.

Training to improve emergency management decision-making: what the research literature tells us. (2024)
Journal Article
MCLENNAN, J., HAYES, P., BEARMAN, C., PENNEY, G., BUTLER, P.C. and FLIN, R. 2024. Training to improve emergency management decision-making: what the research literature tells us. Australian journal of emergency management [online], 39(4), pages 33-45. Available from: https://doi.org/10.47389/39.4.33

The importance of training for effective performance in high-stakes, high-risk work settings is well-known. Successful training is the systematic acquisition of skills, rules, concepts or attitudes that result in improved work performance. Simply exp... Read More about Training to improve emergency management decision-making: what the research literature tells us..

A review of cognitive aids and their application to emergency management in Australia (2024)
Journal Article
PENNEY, G., BEARMAN, C., HAYES, P., MCLENNAN, J., BUTLER, P.C. and FLIN, R. 2024. A review of cognitive aids and their application to emergency management in Australia. Australian journal of emergency management [online], 39(4), pages 13-22. Available from: https://doi.org/10.47389/39.4.13

Decision-making in disasters and major crises faced by emergency services globally is a difficult combination of science and art to master. To assist decision-makers in these environments, a number of cognitive aids have been developed and subsequent... Read More about A review of cognitive aids and their application to emergency management in Australia.

A systematic review on conditions before and after training of teamwork competencies and the effect on transfer of skills to the clinical workplace. (2024)
Journal Article
WITTIG, J., KROGH, K., BLANCHARD, E.E., XING, K., KUSHNER, J., BICHMANN, A., FLIN, R., BRAZIL, V., GOLDHABER-FIEBERT, S.N., PAIGE, J. and LAURIDSEN, K.G. 2025. A systematic review on conditions before and after training of teamwork competencies and the effect on transfer of skills to the clinical workplace. Simulation in healthcare [online], 20(2), pages 111-117. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0000000000000809

The researchers conducted a systematic review to assess if any condition before- or after simulation-based training of teamwork competencies for healthcare professionals affects learning or transfer of skills to the clinical environment. The followin... Read More about A systematic review on conditions before and after training of teamwork competencies and the effect on transfer of skills to the clinical workplace..

Naturalistic decision making and decision drivers in the front end of complex projects. (2023)
Journal Article
LAWANI, A., FLIN, R., OJO-ADEDOKUN, R.F. and BENTON, P. 2023. Naturalistic decision making and decision drivers in the front end of complex projects. International journal of project management [online], 41(6), article 102502. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102502

Decision making plays a crucial role in the front end of projects, which is a critical stage for maximising the performance of complex projects. Although it has been suggested that project managers rely more on analytical approaches to decision makin... Read More about Naturalistic decision making and decision drivers in the front end of complex projects..

Organizational risk and the COVID-19 pandemic. (2023)
Journal Article
SOANE, E., FLIN, R., MACRAE, C. and READER, T.W. 2025. Organizational risk and the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of occupational and organizational psychology [online], 98(1), article number e12460. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12460

Reports of viral pneumonia began circulating in December 2019. COVID-19 was subsequently identified and declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation in March 2020. The disease's potency and transmissibility have led to infections and deaths a... Read More about Organizational risk and the COVID-19 pandemic..

Risk, the COVID‐19 pandemic, and organisations: extending, repurposing, and developing theory. (2023)
Journal Article
SOANE, E., FLIN, R., MACRAE, C. and READER, T.W. 2025. Risk, the COVID-19 pandemic, and organisations: extending, repurposing, and developing theory. Journal of occupational and organizational psychology [online], 98(1), article number e12461. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12461

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged and changed organisations. While the pandemic has brought opportunities for business in some sectors, such as information and communication, and for people who enjoy the flexibility they gain from home-based or hy... Read More about Risk, the COVID‐19 pandemic, and organisations: extending, repurposing, and developing theory..

The development of the helicopter non-technical skills (HeliNOTS) behavioural marker systems. (2023)
Journal Article
HAMLET, O.E.D., IRWIN, A., FLIN, R. and SEDLAR, N. 2023. The development of the helicopter non-technical skills (HeliNOTS) behavioural marker systems. Ergonomics [online], 66(12), pages 2232-2241. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2023.2194591

Behavioural marker systems (observational frameworks geared towards the assessment of non-technical skills by way of behavioural markers) exist across a variety of high-risk occupations, however no identifiable system currently exists developed from... Read More about The development of the helicopter non-technical skills (HeliNOTS) behavioural marker systems..

Mindfulness and workplace safety: an integrative review. (2023)
Journal Article
LIU, Z., HOFF, K., BARANSKI, E., SNYDER, G., FLIN, R., LINDNER, P., and SPITZMUELLER, C. 2023. Mindfulness and workplace safety: an integrative review. Journal of organizational behavior [online], 44(8), pages 1263-1282. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2705

Mindfulness has recently gained popularity in applied settings for the enhancement of workplace safety, especially in safety-critical occupations such as healthcare and construction. In this review, we synthesize existing research across disciplines... Read More about Mindfulness and workplace safety: an integrative review..

Building a transdisciplinary expert consensus on the cognitive drivers of performance under pressure: an international multi-panel Delphi study. (2023)
Journal Article
ALBERTELLA, L., KIRKHAM, R., ADLER, A.B. et al. 2023. Building a transdisciplinary expert consensus on the cognitive drivers of performance under pressure: an international multi-panel Delphi study. Frontiers in psychology [online], 13, article 1017675. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1017675

The ability to perform optimally under pressure is critical across many occupations, including the military, first responders and competitive sport. Despite recognition that such performance depends on a range of cognitive factors, how common these f... Read More about Building a transdisciplinary expert consensus on the cognitive drivers of performance under pressure: an international multi-panel Delphi study..

Implementing human factors in anaesthesia: guidance for clinicians, departments and hospitals: guidelines from the Difficult Airway Society and the Association of Anaesthetists. (2023)
Journal Article
KELLY, F.E., FRERK, C., BAILEY, C.R., COOK, T.M., FERGUSON, K., FLIN, R., FONG, K., GROOM, P., JOHN, C., LANG, A.R., MEEK, T., MILLER, K.L., RICHMOND, L., SEVDALIS, N. and STACEY, M.R. 2023. Implementing human factors in anaesthesia: guidance for clinicians, departments and hospitals: guidelines from the Difficult Airway Society and the Association of Anaesthetists. Anaesthesia [online], 78(4), pages 458-478. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.15941

Human factors is an evidence-based scientific discipline used in safety critical industries to improve safety and worker well-being. The implementation of human factors strategies in anaesthesia has the potential to reduce the reliance on exceptional... Read More about Implementing human factors in anaesthesia: guidance for clinicians, departments and hospitals: guidelines from the Difficult Airway Society and the Association of Anaesthetists..

Human factors in anaesthesia: a narrative review. (2023)
Journal Article
KELLY, F.E., FRERK, C., BAILEY, C.R., COOK, T.M., FERGUSON, K., FLIN, R., FONG, K., GROOM, P., JOHN, C., LANG, A.R., MEEK, T., MILLER, K.L., RICHMOND, L., SEVDALIS, N. and STACEY, M.R. 2023. Human factors in anaesthesia: a narrative review. Anaesthesia [online], 78(4), pages 479-490. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.15920

Healthcare relies on high levels of human performance, as described by the 'human as the hero' concept. However, human performance varies and is recognised to fall in high pressure situations, meaning that it is not a reliable method of ensuring safe... Read More about Human factors in anaesthesia: a narrative review..

A critical evaluation of the role of human resources in the transition towards sustainable business practices in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. (2022)
Thesis
RICHARD-OSU, O.J. 2022. A critical evaluation of the role of human resources in the transition towards sustainable business practices in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2071784

Heightened pressure on those organisations that are to be held accountable for the impact of their processes on the societies and the environment in which they operate has resulted in sustainable business practices (SBPs) becoming a major area of foc... Read More about A critical evaluation of the role of human resources in the transition towards sustainable business practices in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria..

Conditions for learning non-technical skills (NTS) / teamwork competencies using simulation and transferring the learned skills to the clinical workplace. [Protocol] (2022)
Other
LAURIDSEN, K.G., BRAZIL, V., GOLDHABER-FIEBERT, S., FLIN, R. and PAIGE, J. 2022. Conditions for learning non-technical skills (NTS) / teamwork competencies using simulation and transferring the learned skills to the clinical workplace. [Protocol]. PROSPERO [online], Item number CRD42022320721. Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42022320721

This research considers whether positive conditions, (e.g., manager/ leader/peer support; collaborative work culture, safety culture, post-training feedback (does this go with methods)/coaching post/ reinforcement/ practice/resources/staffing levels/... Read More about Conditions for learning non-technical skills (NTS) / teamwork competencies using simulation and transferring the learned skills to the clinical workplace. [Protocol].

Decision making in the front end loading (FEL) stage of project management. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LAWANI, A., FLIN, R., ADEDOKUN, R. and BENTON, P. 2022. Decision making in the front end loading (FEL) stage of project management. Presented at the Association for Project Management seminar on decision making in the FEL stage of project management, 31 March 2022, Aberdeen, UK.

Front End Loading (FEL) is a fundamental work process in project management, undertaken before project authorisation or sanction. The main aim of FEL is to provide a complete definition for the capital project. Hence, the goal is to optimise the poss... Read More about Decision making in the front end loading (FEL) stage of project management..