Screen LibraryThe strength in numbers : the new science of team science /
"Once upon a time, it was the lone scientist who achieved brilliant breakthroughs. No longer. Today, science is done in teams of as many as hundreds of researchers who may be scattered across continents and represent a range of hierarchies. These collaborations can be powerful, but they demand...
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, New Jersey : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Once upon a time, it was the lone scientist who achieved brilliant breakthroughs. No longer. Today, science is done in teams of as many as hundreds of researchers who may be scattered across continents and represent a range of hierarchies. These collaborations can be powerful, but they demand new ways of thinking about scientific research. When three hundred people make a discovery, who gets credit? How can all collaborators' concerns be adequately addressed? Why do certain STEM collaborations succeed while others fail? Focusing on the nascent science of team science, The Strength in Number |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 229 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-221) and index. |
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9780691174068 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 0691174067 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | Q180 |
| CLC: | G311 |
| Call Number: | G311/B793 |
| Contents: | Research collaboration and team science : witnessing the revolution -- Routine and not-so-routine : classifying research collaboration outcomes -- The literature on research collaboration and team science -- Thinking systematically about research effectiveness -- Research collaboration effectiveness : in their own words -- "Decision making in collaborative research teams" -- Enhancing the effectiveness of research teams : the "consultative collaboration" strategy -- Appendix 1. Data sources, methods, and research procedures -- Appendix 2. Propositional literature table. |