Understanding Social Research Networking Sites

verfasst von: Jens-Henrik Soeldner

Verlag: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden

Buchreihe : Markt- und Unternehmensentwicklung Markets and Organisations

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Research collaboration is a critical enabler for scientific knowledge production and innovation but poses significant challenges, particularly if it is carried out in a distributed and geographically dispersed fashion. Jens-Henrik Soeldner investigates how social research networking sites can help make scientific collaboration in management research more productive and successful. The author builds on a comprehensive literature review and two empirical studies to elucidate how social research networking sites can be leveraged for various research-related tasks.

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Frontmatter

Introduction: Supporting Research Collaboration with Social Software

Abstract

Science and research are critical activities in our today’s knowledge and information societies for generating new insights and thus innovations – a task generally regarded to be of the highest importance to any society and the economic development of any country (Drucker, 2012; Ven, 1986). Scientific research itself has become an increasingly distributed task – producing scientific results through collaborative research is a growing trend, if not the new normal (Wagner, Park, & Leydesdorff, 2015). The “Science & Engineering Indicators 2016” published by the National Science Board state: ”S&E research publications are increasingly collaborative as well as increasingly international in authorship.”

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Systematic Literature Review: Research Collaboration and Social Software

Abstract

Research collaboration between individuals, institutions, and nations has become a more and more common phenomenon in recent years and is regarded as a major driver for generating scientific insights that form the basis for innovation (Van Rijnsoever & Hessels, 2011; Bercovitz & Feldman, 2011; Heinze et al, 2009). While extremely beneficial, the collaboration part of research collaboration and its distributed and geographically dispersed nature poses various challenges (Walsh & Maloney, 2007), which internet‐based means of communication like social software and social networking services have the potential to reduce in part (Vasileiadou & Vliegenthart, 2009; Hoekman et al., 2010).

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Empirical Study 1: Social Research Networking Sites – Market Overview, Features, and Intended Use

Abstract

Research collaboration has always been acknowledged as a necessary and essential activity for generating significant scientific discoveries (Wagner et al., 2015; Heinze & Kuhlmann, 2008; Haussler & Sauermann, 2013). Due to the growing complexity of research projects, their often interdisciplinary nature, and the increasing specialization of scholars (Katz & Martin, 1997; Laudel, 2002), researchers are compelled to collaborate more than ever to keep up with the fast pace of innovation and to be able to advance scientific knowledge (Haussler & Sauermann, 2013; He & Jeng, 2016). Driven by the rapid development of Internet‐based communication technologies and the rise of social software and social networking services in recent years, a new class of tools has emerged that enables collaboration between scholars on the technological basis of social networking services (He & Jeng, 2016; Bullinger et al., 2010; Söldner et al., 2009).

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Empirical Study 2: How and Why Do Management Researchers Use Social Research Networking Sites?

Abstract

In the preceding part III, a feature‐based state‐of‐the‐art description of social research networking sites was elaborated using a framework based on previous publications by the author of this thesis. This framework took into account both social networking related aspects as well as the support potential of the SRNS platforms for individual and collaborative research activities. In essence, four types of SRNS platforms have been identified: research directory sites, research awareness sites, research management sites, and research collaboration sites (see figure 43).

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Discussion and Conclusion

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This dissertation deals with social research networking sites, a novel kind of webbased platforms that can help support scholars in their tasks within individual research processes and collaborative research in various ways. The need for supporting individual and team‐based research processes is outlined in part I, the introduction. In the introduction, the suitability of social software, the latest generation of tools in the development of the CSCW field, for supporting collaborative processes, is also established.

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Backmatter

Titel: Understanding Social Research Networking Sites
verfasst von: Jens-Henrik Soeldner
Verlag: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Electronic ISBN: 978-3-658-31575-7
Print ISBN: 978-3-658-31574-0
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-31575-7