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Academy of Management Measure Chest
The website was developed by Research Methods Division (RMD) of the Academy of Management to provide organizational researchers a reference list of existing scales. This "measure chest" is organized under thirteen headings (see below), within which s…
Research Methods Division (RMD), Academy of Management --
  • team performance
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Center Director Interview Guide from Strategies for facilitating and supporting cross-disciplinary team science on cancer: Lessons from the National Cancer Institute's TREC initiative.
Center Director Interview Guide from Strategies for facilitating and supporting cross-disciplinary team science on cancer: Lessons from the National Cancer Institute's TREC initiative.
Vogel, Amanda -- -- Interview guide Download this resource from the Toolkit
Collaboration and Satisfaction About Care Decisions
The Collaborabon and Satisfaction About Care Decisions (CSACD) was developed to contain seven questions concerning collaboration, six were constructed to measure the critical attributes of collaboration and one is a global measure of amount of colla…
Baggs, Judith Gedney (Oregon Health and Science University) --
  • Collaboration
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Collaborative Productivity Scale
These items assess investigators’ perceptions of collaborative productivity, as well as factors that influence collaborative productivity, within their center. (Hall et al, 2008).
Kara Hall, National Cancer Institute's Science of Team Science (SciTS) Team --
  • Collaboration
  • Collaborative Productivity
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Community Prevention Collaboration Scale
The Prevention Collaboration Scale measures by nine items based on a review of the community coalition literature as indicators of successful coalition collaboration. For this scale, prevention collaboration is defined as a set of activities that re…
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  • Collaboration
  • community collaboration
  • prevention collaboration
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Cross-Disciplinary Collaborative Activities Scale
These items assess the frequency with which each respondent engages in cross-disciplinary activities, such as reading journals or attending conferences outside of one’s primary field, and experiences establishing links with colleagues in different di…
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  • Collaboration
  • Collaboration Readiness
  • Collaborative Activities
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Disciplinary diversity (Integration score)
We use a conceptualization of interdisciplinarity as knowledge integration. Then, we propose that the disciplinary diversity of a set of publications (e.g. in the reference list of a paper) is an indicator of integration. We operationalise discipline…
Rafols, Ismael (University of Sussex) --
  • disciplinary diversity
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Grid-Enabled Measures (GEM)
Grid-Enabled Measures (GEM) was developed by the National Cancer Institute and is a web portal—mounted on a grid cyberinfrastructure –with two overarching aims: 1) Promote the use of shared measures which are tied to theoretically-based constructs; …
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  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • OTHER
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History-of-Collaboration Scale
This scale assesses past research experiences and involvement with inter- and transdisciplinary research projects and centers to better understand an investigator’s overall level of experience with collaborative research.
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  • Collaboration
  • collaboration history
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Institutional Collaborative Resources
Scale assesses investigators' impressions of the availability and quality of resources (e.g. physical environment, computer support, personnel) at their organization/institution for conducting collaborative research. Each type of institutional resour…
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  • Collaboration
  • Collaboration Readiness
  • Cross-disciplinary Research Institutions
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Interpersonal Collaboration Scale
These items assess investigators’ perceptions of the interpersonal collaborative processes occurring at their center. Examples of these processes include communication, trust, and social cohesion (Hall et al, 2008).
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  • Collaboration
  • Collaboration Readiness
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Levels of Collaboration Scale
The Level of Collaboration Scale was developed from existing models and instruments with the purpose of assessing collaboration among grant partners. In developing the instrument, the detailed descriptions of community linkage provided by Hogue (1993…
Frey, Bruce B. (University of Kansas, Psychology and Research in Education) --
  • Collaboration
  • levels of collaboration
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Link to The Wilder Collaboration Factors Inventory: a free online collaboration assessment
The Wilder Collaboration Factors Inventory, a free online collaboration assessment. This tool will help you assess how your collaboration is doing on 20 research-tested success factors. When you complete this inventory, you will receive summary score…
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Parkway North, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104 Phone: 651-28 -- -- Survey External link to resource
Modified Index of Interdisciplinary Collaboration
This is a 42-item scale measuring interdisciplinary collaboration. The items are focused more for a clinical setting and healthcare (or social work) teams.
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  • Collaboration
  • interdiscplinary collaboration
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NAKI Written Prodcuts Protocol
The NAKFI Written Products Protocol was adapted from the NCI-TREC Written Products Protocol which was adapted from an earlier version of the instrument first developed to gauge the interdisciplinary qualities of doctoral dissertations and undergradua…
Heberger Marino, Anne (National Academy of Sciences, NAKFI) --
  • transdisciplinary integration
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Organizational Trust Inventory (OTI)
The Organization Trust Inventory (OTI) is a 12-item scale to measure an individual’s level of trust in his or her supervisor and in his or her work organization as a whole. The OTI consists of three dimensions that measure the belief that an individu…
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  • organizational trust
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Quality of Interdiscplinary Work
Semi-structured interview guide to assess the quality of interdisciplinary work. Three epistemic criteria are used to assess interdisciplinary work: (1) the degree to which new insights relate to antecedent disciplinary knowledge in multiple discipl…
Mansilla, Veronica Boix (Harvard University) --
  • Cross-disciplinary Integration
  • Cross-disciplinary Research Institutions
  • quality of interdiscplinary work
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Research Collaboration
23-item scale developed to evaluate collaboration within the Transdiscplinary Tobbaco Use Research Center initiative. The scale measures research collaboration, including: satisfaction with collaboration, impact of collaboration, and trust and respec…
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  • Collaboration
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Research Orientation Scale (ROS)
This is a 10 item scale designed to assess a researcher's propsensity to endorse a cross-disciplinary research perspective and attitude. It is based on Patrica Rosenfields (1992) continum of cross-disciplinary collaboration.
SciTs Team, National Cancer Instititue --
  • Collaboration Readiness
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Research Orientation Scale (ROS)
This is a 10 item scale designed to assess a researcher's propsensity to endorse a cross-disciplinary research perspective and attitude. It is based on Patrica Rosenfields (1992) continum of cross-disciplinary collaboration.
SciTs Team, National Cancer Instititue --
  • Collaboration Readiness
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Scientific Collaboration Network Survey
This is a collaboration survey used with research investigators involved in team science initiatives. It includes a network component and works best with a known network, as it asks respondent to indicate whether they currently work with another inve…
Okamoto, Janet --
  • Collaboration
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Stage Models for Collaboration, Levels of Collaboration Survey and Collaboration Map; Measuring Collaboration Among Grant Partners
Collaboration is a prerequisite for the sustainability of interagency programs, particularly those programs initially created with the support of time-limited grant-funding sources. From the perspective of evaluators, however, assessing collaboration…
Frey, Bruce B. --
  • Collaboration
  • levels of collaboration
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Team Assessment Questionnaire
The Department of Defense (DoD) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) have developed TeamSTEPPS, a teamwork system which offers a powerful solution to improving collaboration and communication within your institution. Teamwork has…
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  • Collaboration
  • Collaborative Activities
  • Collaborative Productivity
  • Communication
  • team learning processes
  • team functioning
  • team performance
  • team leadership
  • team skills
  • team climate
  • team identity
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Team Diagnostic Survey
The team diagnostic survey is an instrument designed to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of teams and to conduct research on team behavior and performance.
Wageman, Ruth (Harvard University) --
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Cross-disciplinary Integration
  • Cross-disciplinary Research Institutions
  • Collaboration Readiness
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Team Performance Survey (TPS)
The purpose of this scale is to measure the quality of learning team interactions in medical education settings. The 18-item scale was developed to measure the quality of team interactions.
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  • team learning processes
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Team Task and Relationship Conflict Scale (adapted from Jehn, 1995)
This scale includes two groups of items: 1) The task conflict items measure the extent to which the team experiences disagreements over tasks. 2) The relationship conflict items measure the extent to which the team experiences interpersonal incompa…
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  • Relationship Conflict
  • Task Conflict
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The Team Decision Making Questionnaire (TDMQ)
A 19-item scale with 4 subscales that measures team decision making. It is focused on health care professionals and others in clinical fields. The four subscales include: Decision Making, Team Support, Learning, Developing Quality Services
Shepherd, Tracy A. (Thames Valley Children’s Center, Ontario, Canada) --
  • team learning processes
  • team decision making
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Trainee Interview Guide from Strategies for facilitating and supporting cross-disciplinary team science on cancer: Lessons from the National Cancer Institute's TREC initiative
Trainee interview guide from "Strategies for facilitating and supporting cross-disciplinary team science on cancer: Lessons from the National Cancer Institute's TREC initiative"
Vogel, Amanda --
  • interdiscplinary collaboration
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Transdiscplinary Integration
A 15 item scale that measures attitudes about transdisciplinary research. This scale was developed and used to evaluate investigators within the Transdiscplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC) initiative funded by NIH.
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  • Collaboration
  • Cross-disciplinary Integration
  • Cross-disciplinary Research Institutions
  • transdisciplinary integration
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TREC Baseline Survey
This survey was designed to measure collaboration readiness and early evidence of scientific collaboration during the first year of the TREC initiative.
SciTs Team, National Cancer Instititue --
  • Collaboration
  • Collaboration Readiness
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TREC Follow-up Survey
This survey was designed to measure collaborative processes and training at the mid-point of the TREC initiative.
SciTs Team, National Cancer Instititue --
  • Collaboration
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Written Products Protocol - TREC I Study
Rating scale that assesses the degree of cross-disciplinary integration and conceptual scope of research projects.
Stokols, Daniel (University of California -Irvine) --
  • transdisciplinary integration
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