Collaborative Research: VOSS: Joining a Virtual Organization: A Multi-Method Study of Newcomers to Established Collaborations

协作研究：VOSS：加入虚拟组织：对已建立协作的新成员的多方法研究

• 批准号: 0838295
• 负责人: Stephanie Teasley
• 金额: $ 19.39万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-15 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0838295&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; VOSS; Joining; Virtual

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and other major funding agencies have emphasized the need for more distributed centers of research in order to solve problems of science and engineering that are too big for single investigators. Entry into new work settings is already challenging enough when newcomers are physically co-located with coworkers, but joining such a virtual research organization may prove even more difficult. This multi-method project studies the socialization processes newcomers face when joining existing virtual research organizations (e.g., collaboratories). Specifically, this study focuses on Post-Doctoral Fellows as newcomers joining either distributed or co-located research teams. Survey, comparative case study, and agent-based modeling methods will be employed to better understand how Post-Doctoral Fellows transition into their new positions and how such transitions can be improved. The objectives of the project are (1) to better understand under what general conditions Post-Doctoral Fellows are successful and (2) to identify social and technical barriers for Post-Doctoral Fellows entering virtual organizations. Understanding the practices that lead to Post-Doctoral Fellow success under co-located as compared to distributed conditions will improve virtual organizations by providing benefits to both the researcher and the research program. The long-term goal of this study is to identify, formalize, and gain insights into the smart practices of virtual organizations planning for and engaging newcomers. The results will be of value to all domains of science and engineering interested in virtual organizations, particularly those with fluid team membership.

美国国家科学基金会（NSF）和其他主要资助机构强调，需要更多的分布式研究中心，以解决单个研究人员无法解决的科学和工程问题。当新人与同事在同一地点时，进入新的工作环境已经足够具有挑战性，但加入这样一个虚拟研究组织可能会更加困难。这个多方法项目研究了新来者加入现有虚拟研究组织时面临的社会化过程（例如，合作）。具体来说，这项研究的重点是博士后研究员作为新来者加入分布式或共同定位的研究团队。调查，比较案例研究和基于代理的建模方法将被用来更好地了解博士后研究员如何过渡到他们的新职位，以及如何改善这种过渡。该项目的目标是（1）更好地了解博士后研究员在什么样的一般条件下是成功的，（2）确定博士后研究员进入虚拟组织的社会和技术障碍。了解的做法，导致博士后研究员的成功下共同定位相比，分布式条件下，将通过提供研究人员和研究计划的好处，提高虚拟组织。本研究的长期目标是识别、正式化并深入了解虚拟组织规划和吸引新人的明智实践。结果将是有价值的所有领域的科学和工程感兴趣的虚拟组织，特别是那些流动的团队成员。