Bridges, brokers and boundary spanners in collaborative networks: A systematic review

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Long, Janet C ^a   Cunningham, Frances C ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brokerage; Collaborative networks; Knowledge transfer; Social network theory; Structural holes

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK; STANDARD; TRUST;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL NETWORKING; TRUST;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876807792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-158     Document Type: Review

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