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- Title
Discovering collaborators online: Assembling interdisciplinary teams online at an Argentinian University.
- Authors
GÓMEZ-ZARÁ, DIEGO; ANDREOLI, SILVIA; DECHURCH, LESLIE A.; CONTRACTOR, NOSHIR S.
- Abstract
This study explores how and why scholars find collaborators using team formation systems. Based on theories of teams and human and social capital, we describe how scholars' traits and social networks influence their team formation processes. We conducted a field study in Argentina in which 43 scholars used an online platform and assembled into eight interdisciplinary teams. Our results show that scholars initially tended to invite prior contacts, but, eventually, they assembled cohesive interdisciplinary teams with members they did not know before. We conclude by reflecting on how team formation platforms can enable individuals to expand their social capital.
- Subjects
ARGENTINA; VIRTUAL universities &; colleges; SOCIAL capital; SOCIAL influence; HUMAN capital; TEAMS
- Publication
Cuadernos.info, 2019, Issue 44, p21
- ISSN
0719-3661
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7764/cdi.44.1575