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Crossing fields: the case of a multi-disciplinary research team

Claire Massey

Fiona Alpass

Ross Flett

Kate Lewis

Stuart Morriss

Frank Sligo

Massey University, New Zealand

There are increasing opportunities for researchers to work in multi-disciplinary research teams; however, the extensive literature on research practice barely refers to the challenges inherent in this approach. The article describes the experience of a multi-disciplinary team which was engaged in investigating the nature of technological learning in relation to productivity improvement in the dairy farming industry in New Zealand. The largely qualitative, multi-method approach taken to the project by the team is described, and the description supplemented by reflection on the factors that led to the key decisions in the research design process, and the consequences of these decisions.

Key Words: mixed methods • multi-disciplinary research • qualitative research • team research

Qualitative Research, Vol. 6, No. 2, 131-147 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1468794106062706
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