Boundary objects (BOs) are abstract or physical artifacts that exist in the liminal spaces
between adjacent communities of people. The theory of BOs was originally introduced by …

Nursing is typically understood, and understands itself, as a care-giving occupation. It is
through its relationships with patients–whether these are absent, present, good, bad or …

Written by a team of highly respected authorities on management and organizational
behaviour, this core textbook is grounded in an extensive body of international research and …

Sustaining innovation is a vital yet difficult task. Innovation requires the coordinated efforts of
many actors to facilitate (1) the recombination of ideas to generate novelty,(2) real-time …

Empirical studies of material artifacts in practice continue to be a rich source of theoretical
concepts for CSCW. This paper explores the foundational concept of boundary objects and …

Existing studies suggest that, because knowledge is becoming more widely distributed,
innovation increasingly needs to occur 'at the interstices' of collaborating groups and …

Understanding innovation in the biomedical field requires an appreciation of its highly
interactive nature and of the many professional and organizational boundaries that create …

In recent years, more companies engage in collaborative cross-organisational practices to
achieve their business objectives. To cooperate effectively across boundaries requires …

Over the last forty years, nursing's claim to professional expertise has been expressed in
terms of its care-giving function. Informed by a distinctive 'holistic'approach, models of …

The building of shared understanding between project stakeholders in the requirements
elicitation phase is necessary for knowledge sharing and a key factor for successful …