Threats to the promise of synergy in interdisciplinary research. [TR 57]
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
Technical Report no.57
The authors analyze structures and processes in multidisciplinary teams to identify factors that lead to synergistic outcomes from those that do not. They use the analysis to describe settings most likely to produce synergistic outcomes. Generally, situations that foster interaction and exchange of ideas are most appropriate to develop synergy, but several structural and interaction factors—including bureaucratic organization of work, reward systems, status inconsistency and status ambiguity (the latter two developed in TR#57)—often make such situations unlikely or impossible.
[Abstract by Murray Webster, 2014.]
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Date created | January 1977 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Kruse, Ronald J. |
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| Author | Anbar, Michael |
| Author | Cohen, Bernard P. |
| Publisher | Laboratory for Social Research, Stanford University Department of Sociology |
Subjects
| Subject | Interdisciplinary research-Social aspects |
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| Subject | TR#57 |
| Subject | Technical report no. 57 |
| Subject | Stanford University Department of Sociology |
| Subject | Laboratory for Social Research |
| Genre | Technical report |
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- Kruse, Ronald J. and Anbar, Michael and Cohen, Bernard P.. (1977). Threats to the promise of synergy in interdisciplinary research. Technical Report; #57, Laboratory for Social Research, Stanford University Department of Sociology. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/pc172xy7566
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