Role Parity in International Social Science Collaborative Research: Research Roles of U.S. Researchers and Their Collaborators

Abstract

The article reports the findmgs of a study on the subject of role parity in international collaborative research projects. Two dimensions of role relationships in research the settings—the centrality of research roles and the locus of decision making-have been examined within a theoretical framework. The data are based on the research roles of 65 U.S. university professors and their counterparts. The data are separately examined for the counterparts from the industrialized and developing nations. © 1985, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.