A four-phase model of transdisciplinary team-based research: Goals, team processes, and strategies

Translational Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 415-430

  Hall, Kara L ^a   Vogel, Amanda L ^b   Stipelman, Brooke A ^a   Stokols, Daniel ^c   Morgan, Glen ^a   Gehlert, Sarah ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross disciplinary; Research process; Team science; Team based research; Transdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT MAPPING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GOAL ATTAINMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; TRANSDISCIPLINARY TEAM BASED RESEARCH;

EID: 84869417845     PISSN: 18696716     EISSN: 16139860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-012-0167-y     Document Type: Article

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