Social networks of professionals in health care organizations: A review

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 619-660

  Tasselli, Stefano ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SoNAR C   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

health care professionals; knowledge transfer; network dynamics; performance; social networks

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; KNOWLEDGE; LEADERSHIP; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84912567889     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558714557079     Document Type: Review

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