Patterns of collaboration in complex networks: The example of a translational research network

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Long, Janet C ^a   Cunningham, Frances C ^a,b   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; Collaboration; Collaboratives for leadership in applied health research and care (CLAHRCs); Health; Interorganisational alliances; Network theory; Proximity; Silos; Translational research

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COOPERATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NEOPLASM; PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84901590524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-225     Document Type: Article

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