Mark de Rond, from the University of Cambridge's Judge Business School, spent six weeks studying military surgeons at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan.
Boredom on the front line —
When they are busy, the surgeons are "brutally effective," says de Rond. But he adds: "The problem is when people don't have anything to do."
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Boredom on the front line —
British soldiers play rugby at Camp Bastion in Helmand province. De Rond says boredom had a destabilizing effect and that when bored, surgeons can become "like big bears -- you just don't want to be around them."
