Changing practice through boundary organizing: A case from medical R&D

Human Relations

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 263-288

  Mørk, Bjørn Erik ^a,b   Hoholm, Thomas ^c   Maaninen Olsson, Eva ^d   Aanestad, Margunn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

boundaries; boundary organizing; boundary work; change of practice; innovation; politics; sociology of translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856614304     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726711429192     Document Type: Article

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