The Social Structure of Scientific Research Teams

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ID9213558
AuthorsBernard P Cohen (Stanford University, corresponding author), Ronald J Kruse (Stanford University), Michael Anbar (University at Buffalo, State University of New York)
Year1982
Volume25
Issue2
Pages205-232
Publication date1982-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Pacific Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-8919 • E-ISSN: 2330-0736
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/1388724
OpenAlexW10936432
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited26

This research developed an abstract conceptualization of the social structure of scientific research teams and empirically investigated its utility. Two typologies formed the basis of the conceptualization: A typology of teams and a typology of leadership roles. The concepts were operationalized using questions on a self-administered questionnaire and indices derived from those questions. The responses of 150 principal investigators of research teams with annual budgets of more than $100,000 were analyzed by fitting “logit” models to three-variable tables. These models, based on log-linear analysis, employed the two typologies as both independent and dependent variables. When the typologies were treated as independent variables, each of twenty-six other features of team operation was introduced as a dependent variable. The typologies successfully predicted the dependent variable in twenty of these twenty-six analyses

Conceptualization · Econometrics · Epistemology · Logit · Operationalization · Sociology · Statistics · Typology · Variable (mathematics) · Variables · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration · Mathematics · Psychology · scientometrics and bibliometrics research · Team Dynamics and Performance

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