Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering

ISSN for PRINT: 1072-8325

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2007, Volume13

Issue 4

109 pages

DOI: 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.v13.i4

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Maura Borrego
Virginia Tech University, Engineering Education (0218), Blacksburg, VA 24061

Elizabeth G. Creamer
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Virginia Tech University, 110 Burruss Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061

This work directly compares three explanations for differences in experiences of interdisciplinary research collaborators using a sample of 347 academics from 144 different research intensive and extensive universities in the United States who were awarded funding from the same directorate of the National Science Foundation. The findings provide a much more positive view of interdisciplinary collaboration than is routinely found in the literature. Despite varied disciplinary backgrounds, members of the sample are extremely satisfied with their experiences with interdisciplinary collaboration and have much more in common than they differ in their attitudes and experiences, including how they meet collaborators, the difficulties they have encountered, their approach to the division of labor, and their interest in collaboration as a venue for learning. Findings dispute the stereotype that the relational element of collaboration is significantly more salient for women than it is for men.

DOI: 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.v13.i4.30 Download article, 353-376 pages

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