The dynamics and challenges of interdisciplinary collaboration: A case study of "Cortical depth of bench" in group proposal writing

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-190

  Gooch, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological terrorism; Chemical terrorism; Corporate contexts; Disciplinary perspective; Group process; Immune building; Indeterminate zone; Interdisciplinary collaboration; Technical and professional communication; Test bed

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM; CHEMICAL TERRORISM; CORPORATE CONTEXTS; DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE; GROUP PROCESS; IMMUNE BUILDING; INDETERMINATE ZONE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 21044455350     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2005.849646     Document Type: Article

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