The Department of the Air Force has recently established a new social science research agency at Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. This agency, the Human Resources Research Institute, was authorized in July, 1949, and is under the direction of a civilian social scientist, Dr. Raymond V. Bowers, former Executive Director of the Committee on Human Resources, Research and Development Board, Department of Defense. One of three Air Force research agencies in the field of human resources, the Institute has been assigned a broad mission, focussed on the educational, social psychological, and sociological problems of the Air Force. This mission includes research problems of (a) officer education and personnel, (b) military management and manpower utilization, and (c) strategic intelligence and psychological warfare. The research interests of the Institute in these three areas encompass such varied problems of personnel operations as leadership, morale, officer career guidance, manpower utilization, group motivation, organizational analysis and air-base community structure; and such problems of strategic intelligence and psychological warfare operations as relate to the social and psychological vulnerabilities of foreign nations. Being a part of the research and development program of the Air Force, the Institute has Air Force-wide research responsibilities, and is responsible for developing an integrated long-range program to accomplish its mission.
Knowledge Sharing Barriers in Complex Research and Development Projects: an Exploratory Study on the Perceptions of Project Managers
