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Vulnerability and Disclosure in Science

The Interplay Between Agency and Structure

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

The interplay between agency and structure explains a scientist's readiness to disclose information about research efforts. In a survey of 628 Israeli researchers, personal strategies in the pursuit of collegial appreciation were influenced by conflicting value guidelines at different time-space frameworks for scientific work. When researchers encountered the value of communality, they were encouraged to communicate freely to obtain community recognition. When a greater stress was placed on universalism, restricting communication became a reasonable strategy to protect acknowledgment rights. The influence of universalism was intensified when researchers inferred a structural vulnerability because of exposure to contextual conditions that increased the possibility of losing acknowledgment. A balanced impact of the two values—communality and universalism—may be postulated as contributing to a more rapid development of the scientific enterprise.

Science Communication, Vol. 19, No. 2, 99-123 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/1075547097019002001


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