The unit’s internal conditions, including leadership quality, appear to be the dominant influences on

soldier cohesion and motivation.

“We all have our own thing going but when we need to get together for a goal the ship works together
well.” “When an actual casualty occurs everyone joins together for the common good.” . . . “Although
we don’t get along we are all ready for a fight.” [p. 60]

For example, Salas, Burke, and Cannon-Bowers (2000) describe eight core principles of effective
teamwork: adaptability, shared situational awareness, performance monitoring and feedback,
leadership, interpersonal relations, coordination, communication, and decisionmaking