Social Networks and Inter-professional Knowledge Transfer: The Case of Healthcare Professionals

Organization Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 841-872

  Tasselli, Stefano ^a,b,c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

healthcare; knowledge; professional groups; social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930810167     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840614556917     Document Type: Article

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