Boundary spanning knowledge broker: An emerging role in global engineering firms

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Johri, Aditya ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary spanning; Engineering practices; Global work; Information and communication technology; Knowledge broker

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY SPANNING; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; GLOBAL WORK; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BROKER;

ENGINEERING;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 60549095611     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2008.4720407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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