According to studies in interdisciplinary collaboration (Bozeman et al., 2016; Scarbrough, Panourgias and Nandhakumar, 2015; Siedlok and Hibbert, 2014; Jahn, Bergmann and Keil, 2012; Akkerman and Bakker, 2011), many motivational factors have been identified as drivers of cross-disciplinary collaboration; they could be grouped into four major factors. Firstly, most societies are faced with complex and multifaceted issues such as global warming. Connecting knowledge from different disciplines is necessary to gain a better understanding of the issues for developing solutions. Secondly, most new knowledge, innovation, and greater productivity which are regarded as a central resource of the knowledge economy and globalization require cooperation
