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John Griffith

2016

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Sexual Harassment In The Fire And Emergency Services, John C. Griffith, Marian C. Schultz, James T. Schultz, Donna L. Roberts, Ronald T. Wakeham Mar 2016

Sexual Harassment In The Fire And Emergency Services, John C. Griffith, Marian C. Schultz, James T. Schultz, Donna L. Roberts, Ronald T. Wakeham

John Griffith

Discrimination and strained co-worker relationships based on gender, race or sexual orientation are forms of sexual harassment in the workplace.  This research was conducted in conjunction with the International Women in Fire and Emergency Services and examined firefighter perceptions with regard to sexual harassment and bullying. The web based survey was distributed through the National Fire Academy Training, Resources and Data Exchange Network, (TRADENET). Findings from 113 surveys indicated that most firefighters did not perceive bullying issues were pervasive in the fire service.  However, there were large differences in perception between female and male firefighters.  Significantly more female firefighters indicated …

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A Meta-Analysis Of Crew Resource Management/Incident Command Systems Implementation Studies In The Fire And Emergency Services, John C. Griffith, Donna L. Roberts, Ronald T. Wakeham Ph.D. Jan 2016

A Meta-Analysis Of Crew Resource Management/Incident Command Systems Implementation Studies In The Fire And Emergency Services, John C. Griffith, Donna L. Roberts, Ronald T. Wakeham Ph.D.

John Griffith

This research is a meta-analysis of studies on Crew Resource Management (CRM)/Incident Command System implementation in the fire and emergency services. After a thorough literature review, four sets of results were analyzed to determine if CRM training was effective. An aggregate total of 283 test scores were evaluated. The data indicated that CRM training was effective in all studies analyzed. Fixed and random effects models indicated significance as well. The studies had a high degree of heterogeneity probably due to different training and testing procedures used. The data support the use of CRM training in the fire and emergency services. …

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