The transdisciplinarity approach to researching human behaviors lends itself well when technology is being used an enabler. I am finding it is necessary to use this approach to doing research to gain a better understanding of the different forces outside a specific discipline area that directly impacts human behaviors that can be assessed internal to a specific discipline. For instance, I am currently exploring how business organizations might use blogging as a tacit knowledge management support tool. My discipline area is human resource development. It is, though, necessary to take a look at the literature in any number of disciplines (e.g., philosophy, sociology, psychology, computer science) to gain insight as to how technology acts as an enabler in promoting human behaviors that are influenced by cultural practices. Hope this makes sense. :-) I am finding this approach to doing research is quite different as there is no established body of literature and the need to be knowledgeable and comfortable with spanning disciplines to seek out essential information to support hypotheses. Gail ----------------------------------- Gail D. Taylor, Ed.M. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Human Resource Education Ph.D. Student Educational Psychology Teaching Assistant