Boundary brokering as a promoting factor in competence sharing in a project work context

International Journal of Project Organisation and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-132

  Koskinen, Kaj U ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

boundary broker; boundary brokering; caring attitude; competence transfer; project work

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349089087     PISSN: 17402891     EISSN: 17402905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPOM.2008.020032     Document Type: Article

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