Boundary Spanning Individuals: Their Role in Information Transfer and Their Antecedents.

1981/06/01 by M. L. Tushman, T. J. Scanlan, Thomas J. Scanlan · 12 citations
Psychology · Decision Sciences · Social Sciences · #Team Dynamics and Performance #Complex Systems and Decision Making #Knowledge Management and Sharing

paper · doi:10.2307/255842

Abstract

An investigation of alternative mechanisms by which information is imported into organizations indicates that informational boundary spanning is accomplished only by those individuals who are well ...

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