Creating and maintaining high-performing collaborative research teams: the importance of diversity and interpersonal skills
Creating and maintaining high-performing collaborative research teams: the importance of diversity and interpersonal skills
复制标题
DOI：
10.1890/130001
复制
发表时间：
2014-02-01
影响因子：
10.3
通讯作者：
Read, Emily K.
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Cheruvelil, Kendra S.;Soranno, Patricia A.;Read, Emily K.
合作研究团队是大多数科学工作的必要和可取的组成部分。有效的协作团队展示了重要的研究成果，远远超出了个人独立工作所能完成的范围。这些团队由致力于共同的目的、方法和绩效目标的研究人员组成，他们对这些目标相互负责。我们称这种合作为高绩效的合作研究团队。在这里，我们分享从我们与广泛的协作团队合作的集体经验中学到的教训，并将这些教训构建在一个框架内，该框架来自商业、教育和一个相对较新的学科--团队科学。我们认为，当团队多样性(广义)得到有效培养，并传授和练习人际交往技能时，高绩效的协作研究团队就会被创建和维持。最后，我们提供了一些促进团队运作的策略，并对改善生态中的合作文化提出了建议。
Collaborative research teams are a necessary and desirable component of most scientific endeavors. Effective collaborative teams exhibit important research outcomes, far beyond what could be accomplished by individuals working independently. These teams are made up of researchers who are committed to a common purpose, approach, and performance goals for which they hold themselves mutually accountable. We call such collaborations high-performing collaborative research teams. Here, we share lessons learned from our collective experience working with a wide range of collaborative teams and structure those lessons within a framework developed from literature in business, education, and a relatively new discipline, science of team science. We propose that high-performing collaborative research teams are created and maintained when team diversity (broadly defined) is effectively fostered and interpersonal skills are taught and practiced. Finally, we provide some strategies to foster team functioning and make recommendations for improving the collaborative culture in ecology.