Boundary breaking in a hospital: Expansive learning between the worlds of evaluation and frontline work

Learning Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 375-391

  Kajamaa, Anu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Assessment tools; Boundary breaking; Boundary object; Change management; Conflict; Expansive learning; Finland; Hospitals; Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960328890     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696471111151710     Document Type: Article

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