博士 / 國立臺灣師範大學 / 圖書資訊學研究所 / 105 / This study aims at exploring the collaboration behaviors among fishery scientists with perspectives of invisible college diffusion networks. This study adopts a qualitative approach to analyze multiple dimensions including intellectual competition, information use environment, informal communication, social relationship and collaboration governance. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 27 fishery scientists at Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute, Academia Sinica, National Taiwan University, National Taiwan Ocean University and National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium during 2016 and 2017. Each interview lasted for one hour on average. Qualitative data collected are analyzed with MAXQDA software.
My research results are summarized in the following: 1) The essential components of intellectual competition include intellectual migration, scientific commuter, academic search and solutions for research problems. These components reveal that intellectual competition is shaping the invisible college and professional practice. 2) Fishery scientists increasingly publish scientific reports in digital database. In term of the information use environment, they shift from using printed reports to digital copies. 3) Informal communication is the basis of scientific progress. Fisheries scientists prefer face-to-face communication; learning-by-doing is their common and core characteristic. 4) Master/apprentice relationship plays an important role in enlarging academic circles, maintaining social relationships that support scientific collaboration. 5) Fishery scientists used verbal communication as a way to assign academic credits among themselves. Therefore, they need to build trust relationships based on informal collaborative governance in invisible college networks.
I have four suggestions based on my research results. First, research institutions can host more international conferences or invite more visiting scholars to create research visibility. Second, fishery scientists can establish their own organizations or networks to facilitate mutual communication. Third, they can establish an informal learning environment to enhance the diffusion of such social networks. Fourth, research institutions can create a fishery expert knowledge database.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/105NTNU5447014 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Chen, Chia-Hsiang, 陳佳香 |
| Contributors | Ke, Hao-Ren, 柯皓仁 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 189 |
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