Posted by In today’s world, including the world of science, joint action is seen as one of the ways to increase work efficiency, improve the level of execution, better and better scientific projects and discoveries. Joint action is based on cooperation, communication, exchange of information, openness to diversity and many other factors.
Therefore, in our project to study the competencies of academics in research universities, we posed the research problem of what are the most important characteristics of a research team and the importance of the team’s diversity to its competencies.
In order to solve it, we posed 5 research questions about the competency gaps in the research team under study:
- How were the average competence gaps of team members shaped according to their positions?
- How were the average competency gaps of team members for each competency shaped according to gender?
- How were the competencies in the research team distributed according to seniority?
- How were the competency gaps in the survey team shaped according to the respondent’s preferred research process?
- How was the competency gap shaped in the context of the employees’ self-assessment to other academics in the discipline?
For research purposes, we have defined a research team. A research team ranges from 2 to 15 people, and may vary in the degree to which it includes or integrates the knowledge of experts from different disciplines or professions to achieve its goals, from interdisciplinary to transdisciplinary research teams. Thus, a research team refers to a gathering of scientists (team members) who conduct research (team task) in an interdependent manner and are aware of each other’s influence and common goals. They experience team processes and leadership in achieving common goals.
In the following posts, we will show the main research findings and answers to the above research questions.