Leadership in complex networks: The importance of network position and strategic action in a translational cancer research network

Implementation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Long, Janet C ^a   Cunningham, Frances C ^a,b   Wiley, Janice ^a   Carswell, Peter ^a,c   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brokerage; Centrality; Health sector; Key players; Leadership; Network analysis; Research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NEOPLASM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORK; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORKING; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84885358152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-122     Document Type: Article

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