Analogies have been shown to play a key role in design collaboration. However, research has been largely limited to the analogy itself and how it is used, overlooking the impact of analogy from the recipients' perspective. This is a critical aspect, considering the imperfect information transfer between members in design teams. We address this gap by developing a measure of perceived analogical communication in teams, focusing on the interpretation of the use of analogy in internal design team communications. We test the resulting scale across 3 samples, totalling 252 multi-disciplinary teams with 1182 team members. Results show that the scale is an internally consistent, distinct construct, and holds predictive validity for relevant design team processes and outcomes.

已显示类比在设计协作中起关键作用。但是，研究在很大程度上局限于类比本身及其用法，从接受者的角度忽略了类比的影响。考虑到设计团队中成员之间的信息传输不完善，这是一个至关重要的方面。我们通过在团队中开发可感知的类比沟通的方法来解决这一差距，重点是在内部设计团队沟通中使用类比的解释。我们在3个样本中测试了结果量表，总共252个多学科团队和1182个团队成员。结果表明，该量表是内部一致的，独特的结构，并且对相关设计团队的过程和结果具有预测效度。