Psychological Meaning of “Coauthorship” Among Scientists Using the Natural Semantic Networks Technique
Por:
Liberman, Sofia, Lopez Olmedo, Roberto
Publicada:
1 ene 2017
Resumen:
The purpose of this study is to determine the psychological meaning of coauthorship for a group of scientists, based on the assumption that the meaning of a concept is related to experience on “how a person behaves in a situation, depending on what the situation signifies to him”. The semantic meaning provides for an interpretation of action in beliefs, goals and intentions, following the idea that semantic meaning is a basis for inferring intentions to perform action. We used the Natural Semantic Networks Method. We interviewed 162 scientists in the physical and natural sciences. Results show a cluster of the semantic meaning of coauthorship in which collaboration, teamwork, work, common interest, discussion and others, are retrieved from memory and represented as a natural semantic network of the concept of coauthorship. Collaboration and teamwork are the two concepts that have the highest semantic value and this holds true for various disciplines although teamwork is the most elicited word associated to coauthorship. We propose a model in which coauthorship represents the result of the experience, attitudes and behavior of a group process concerning collaboration and teamwork in science. © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Filiaciones:
Liberman, Sofia:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psicol, Av Univ 2004-Edif C 34,Colonia Copilco, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Lopez Olmedo, Roberto:
Inst Politecn Nacl, Mexico City 07738, DF, Mexico
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