Collaborative research across disciplinary and organizational boundaries
Collaborative research across disciplinary and organizational boundaries
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DOI：
10.1177/0306312705055535
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发表时间：
2005-10-01
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3
通讯作者：
Kiesler, S
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作者：
Cummings, JN;Kiesler, S
科学和工程研究越来越多地涉及多学科合作，有时跨越多个组织。技术进步使这种跨界项目成为可能，但它们可能带来高昂的协调成本。本研究调查了跨学科和大学边界的科学合作，以了解这些合作中协调的必要性以及不同水平的协调如何预测成功。我们在1998年和1999年对美国国家科学基金会项目支持的62项科学合作进行了研究。主要研究者（Pis）在更多学科的项目报告了许多积极的成果，因为涉及较少学科的项目。相比之下，多所大学而不是多学科的项目是有问题的。与来自更多大学的Pis项目相比，来自更多大学的Pis项目的协调程度明显较差，并且报告的积极成果较少。将遥远的研究人员聚集在一起的协调机制略微减少了涉及多所大学的合作的负面影响。我们讨论的理论，实践和政策的影响。
Scientific and engineering research increasingly involves multidisciplinary collaboration, sometimes across multiple organizations. Technological advances have made such cross-boundary projects possible, yet they can carry high coordination costs. This study investigated scientific collaboration across disciplinary and university boundaries to understand the need for coordination in these collaborations and how different levels of coordination predicted success. We conducted a study of 62 scientific collaborations supported by a program of the US National Science Foundation in 1998 and 1999. Projects with principal investigators (Pis) in more disciplines reported as many positive outcomes as did projects involving fewer disciplines. By contrast, multi-university, rather than multidisciplinary, projects were problematic. Projects with Pis from more universities were significantly less well coordinated and reported fewer positive outcomes than projects with Pis from fewer universities. Coordination mechanisms that brought distant researchers together physically slightly reduced the negative impact of collaborations involving multiple universities. We discuss implications for theory, practice, and policy.