Be Explicit: Identifying and Addressing Misaligned Goals in Collaborative Research Teams. Issue 1 (1st January 2023)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Be Explicit: Identifying and Addressing Misaligned Goals in Collaborative Research Teams. Issue 1 (1st January 2023)
- Main Title:
- Be Explicit: Identifying and Addressing Misaligned Goals in Collaborative Research Teams
- Authors:
- Haas, Nicholas
- Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: The misalignment of goals among researchers, external organizational partners (OPs), and study participants is thought to pose a challenge to the successful implementation of collaborative research projects. However, the goals of different collaborative team members almost never are elicited, making identification of misalignment and its potential consequences a difficult task. In this evaluation of a United Nations Nonviolent Communication Program conducted in Bangladesh, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka, I collected qualitative and quantitative data on OPs' and study participants' expected program impacts. I find that there are differences in OP and participant goals and that misalignment appears to bear some responsibility for participant dissatisfaction with the program. I also observe evidence that as the program progressed, participants' expected program impacts began to more closely approximate those of the OPs. I conclude with thoughts on the benefits of explicitly measuring research team goals and expectations and addressing their misalignment.
- Is Part Of:
- PS, political science & politics. Volume 56:Issue 1(2023)
- Journal:
- PS, political science & politics
- Issue:
- Volume 56:Issue 1(2023)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 56, Issue 1 (2023)
- Year:
- 2023
- Volume:
- 56
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2023-0056-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 82
- Page End:
- 87
- Publication Date:
- 2023-01-01
- Subjects:
- Political science -- Periodicals
320.05 - Journal URLs:
- http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PSC ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1049096522000944 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1049-0965
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- Legaldeposit
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