Innovation and knowledge sharing across professional boundaries: Political interplay between boundary objects and brokers

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 437-444

  Kimble, Chris ^a,b   Grenier, Corinne ^a,c   Goglio Primard, Karine ^a  

^a KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary objects; Brokers; Innovation; Interplay; Knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

BOUNDARY OBJECTS; BROKERS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; INNOVATION PROCESS; INTERPLAY; IT PROFESSIONAL; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955664121     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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