Smoothing the Waters: Observations on the Process of Cross-Disciplinary Research Collaboration

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 539-562

  Jeffrey, Paul ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Cross disciplinary research; Research management; Research teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344981451     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312703334003     Document Type: Article

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