Creating Useful Knowledge in the Social Sciences through Interdisciplinary Research

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dc.contributor.authorHill, Larry E.
dc.contributor.authorBeaty, Darla D.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-22T13:31:52Z
dc.date.available2019-10-22T13:31:52Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractInterdisciplinary research (IDR) attempts to advance systematic and rigorous “scholarly endeavors that integrate at least two different perspectives into a blended product” (Achenbaum, 1995). Ideally, it produces better results than conventional approaches. Effectively navigating this process resulted in two-thirds of all major social science advances during the social Copyright University of Houston, 2006 24 movements between 1930’s and 1965 (Deutsch, as cited in Achenbaum, 1995). It deviates from the reductionist spectrum of natural and social sciences by introducing a systems-oriented approach. Social Work has led the way in promoting a holistic view of human behavior, but we have not spent enough time talking about interdisciplinary research. This article attempts to articulate some of the process issues which support harmonizing disciplines.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/5016
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Houston Graduate College of Social Work
dc.subjectLarry E. Hillen_US
dc.subjectDarla D. Beatyen_US
dc.subjectPerspectives on Social Worken_US
dc.subjectSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectInterdisciplinary Researchen_US
dc.subjectSocial work
dc.subjectPerspectives on Social Work
dc.subjectSocial Sciences
dc.subjectInterdisciplinary research
dc.titleCreating Useful Knowledge in the Social Sciences through Interdisciplinary Researchen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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