

A Cross-Cultural blend of Hard and Soft Skills for International Research Collaborations
For a seasoned research administrator, proficiency with soft and hard skills is inherent to his or her professional insight and experience. Research administrators in a university setting are exposed continuously to working with colleagues that have diverse academic and professional backgrounds and complicated levels of authority. Hard skills as explained by Robles (2012), are capabilities that are technical, educational and the cumulus of knowledge and expertise on an indiv