Multi-inter-trans Disciplinary Research Towards Management and Commerce

Defining Terms for Integrated (Multi-Inter-Trans-Disciplinary) Sustainability Research

Our contemporary social and ecological problems, including climate change, peak oil and food security, necessitate solutions informed by multiple backgrounds that singular disciplines seem unable to provide, and possibly, are even incapable of providing. The increasing occurrence of multi-, interand transdisciplinary (MIT) research projects speak to the recognition of that necessity. But as the...

Quality criteria for inter- and trans-disciplinary doctoral research outcomes

Rethinking growth in Information Systems Research: towards a Trans-disciplinary Reconceptualization

Growth is a concept that can be found in various research contexts. In economics, medicine, biology, geography, physics, mathematics and many more, the concept of growth is used to describe development issues of complex systems. It is assumed that the concept of growth is well established as a measure for development and that its meaning is commonly agreed upon. However, it can be seen that the...

’ Response Evolution , Genes , and Inter - disciplinary Personality Research

Most commentaries welcomed an evolutionary genetic approach to personality, but several raised concerns about our integrative model. In response, we clarify the scientific status of evolutionary genetic theory and explain the plausibility and value of our evolutionary genetic model of personality, despite some shortcomings with the currently available theories and data. We also have a closer lo...

Knowledge Integration and Inter-Disciplinary Communication in Action Research

In a plenary talk at WMSCI 2012 entitled “Planning for Action Research: Looking at Practice through a Different Lens,” this author asserted that behavioral science practitioners, often “back into” action research – they start out doing a process improvement or intervention and discover something along the way, i.e., generalizable knowledge, that seems worthwhile to share with their community of...