Group organization and communities of practice in translational research: A case study of a research team

SAGE Open

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Krawczyk, Victor J ^a   Hamilton Bruce, Monica A ^b,c   Koblar, Simon A ^c   Crichton, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case study; Collaboration; Communities of practice; Critical management studies; Learning; Organizational studies; Organizations; Social sciences; Sociology of work; Teams; Translational research; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927605819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244014562380     Document Type: Article

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