Substantially advancing the study of teams will require a new research paradigm complete with methods capable of capturing the complex, dynamic process of teamwork. In this paper, we suggest studying teams with an integrated mixed methods approach (i.e., methods defined by an interconnected mix of quantitative and qualitative characteristics) can help address current methodological shortcomings of our science by promoting sufficiently contextualized research. Through a review of methods, we highlight exemplars of integrated mixed methods that have the potential to be more widely adopted; namely, interaction analysis, content analysis, cluster analysis, state space grids, and agent-based modeling.

大幅推进团队研究将需要一种新的研究范式，并需要能够捕获复杂，动态的团队合作过程的方法。在本文中，我们建议使用集成的混合方法方法（即，由定量和定性特征的相互结合定义的方法）的研究团队可以通过促进充分的情境化研究来帮助解决当前我们方法学的不足。通过对方法的回顾，我们重点介绍了集成混合方法的示例，这些示例有可能被更广泛地采用。即交互分析，内容分析，聚类分析，状态空间网格和基于代理的建模。