Mapping a research agenda for the science of team science

Abstract

An increase in cross-disciplinary, collaborative team science initiatives over the last few decades has spurred interest by multiple stakeholder groups in empirical research on scientific teams, giving rise to an emergent field referred to as the science of team science (SciTS). This study employed a collaborative team science concept-mapping evaluation methodology to develop a comprehensive research agenda for the SciTS field. Its integrative mixed-methods approach combined group process with statistical analysis to derive a conceptual framework that identifies research areas of team science and their relative importance to the emerging SciTS field. The findings from this concept-mapping project constitute a lever for moving SciTS forward at theoretical, empirical, and translational levels.

Establishing team knowledge coordination from a learning perspective

“…Much like problem solving teams, where knowledge building is essential to effectiveness (Fiore et al 2010a), knowledge coordination and integration form the foundation for success in science teams. Our findings offer an important line of research on collaborative learning in the context of scientific team effectiveness (Falk-Krzesinski et al, 2011;Fiore, 2008). To confirm these implications for team management, further research should be conducted in more naturalistic team settings and adopt longitudinal designs to focus more specifically on the following questions.…”

Organizational factors influencing scholarly performance: a multivariate study of biomedical research groups

“…The effects of group composition have hardly been investigated, although it is theoretically and practically an important issue (Falk-Krzesinski et al 2011;Stvilia et al 2011). Do groups benefit from a flat structure with many young PhD students, or would an intermediate layer of senior staff improve performance?…”

“…The development of 'group science' or 'team science' poses new responsibilities on academic group leaders to create adequate organizational conditions that help meeting the collective and individual research goals such as high research performance (e.g. Amabile et al 2004;Bland and Ruffin 1992;Goodall 2009; Van der Weijden et al 2008b;Falk-Krzesinski et al 2011). Pelz and Andrews (1966) were the first who thoroughly investigated the organizational determinants for a stimulating research environment, highlighting communication, motivation, and group size as important variables that influence research performance.…”

Business schools in crisis

“…Stop giving faculty excess credit for single-authored papers. Recognize that the future is in team science (Falk-Krzesinski et al 2011). 11.…”