Beyond Occupational Differences: The Importance of Cross-cutting Demographics and Dyadic Toolkits for Collaboration in a U.S. Hospital

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 375-408

  DiBenigno, Julia ^a   Kellogg, Katherine C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

coordination; cross occupational collaboration; cultural toolkit; demography; group diversity; healthcare; hospitals; intergroup relations; medical sociology; professions; sociology of work and occupations; status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905736826     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001839214538262     Document Type: Article

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