Interdisciplinarity has the potential to lead to more innovation and advances in knowledge than are possible from a single discipline. Yet, little is known about interdisciplinary collaborations and the perceptions of those involved. This quantitative study investigated the perceptions of U.S. faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students involved in education and science/engineering collaborations. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted for two modified scales, Collaboration Perceptions (CP; n = 117; 17 items; α = .923) and Interdisciplinarity Perceptions (IP; n = 119; 11 items; α = .852). Participants’ perceptions of collaboration and interdisciplinarity were strongly positive and did not significantly differ based on demographic factors (e.g., gender, discipline, role). Perceptions were influenced by collectivist orientation; the high collectivism group had significantly more positive perceptions of collaboration and interdisciplinarity, and collectivist orientation was positively and significantly correlated with CP and IP scores. Implications and recommendations for interdisciplinary collaborations will be discussed.

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衡量美国科学家、工程师和教育工作者的跨学科性和合作认知

跨学科有可能比单一学科带来更多的创新和知识进步。然而，人们对跨学科合作和相关人员的看法知之甚少。这项定量研究调查了美国教职员工、博士后和研究生对教育和科学/工程合作的看法。对两个修改后的量表进行了探索性因素分析：协作感知（CP；n = 117；17 项；α = .923）和跨学科感知（IP；n = 119；11 项；α = .852）。参与者对合作和跨学科的看法非常积极，并且没有因人口因素（例如性别、学科、角色）而存在显着差异。观念受到集体主义取向的影响；高集体主义群体对合作和跨学科的看法显着更为积极，集体主义倾向与 CP 和 IP 得分呈显着正相关。将讨论跨学科合作的影响和建议。