Disciplines, interdisciplinarity and migration in family research
Researchers in family studies are shown to engage in a range of cross-disciplinary work behaviours. Among these are use of disciplines new to them for their current research work, and journal reading patterns which indicate interdisciplinary exploration and interest. A third of respondents in this study have transferred to disciplines in which they have no prior training, a behaviour which amounts to disciplinary migration. Through such migratory behaviour, it is speculated that family researchers are seeking to ‘make sense’ of the complex social problems encountered in their field by expanding their knowledge and their repertoire of research techniques: this can be interpreted as a paradigm shift in the way science is being done. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.
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1992
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Authors: | Davis, Mari |
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Research Evaluation. - Oxford University Press, ISSN 0958-2029. - Vol. 2.1992, 3, p. 177-187
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Oxford University Press |
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