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Crowding at the frontier: boundary spanners, gatekeepers and knowledge brokers

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Date
2015
Dewey
Direction d'entreprise
Sujet
Organizational learning; Boundary spanner; Knowledge transfer; Knowledge management; Gatekeeper; Knowledge broker
JEL code
L.L2.L20; M.M5.M50
Journal issue
Journal of Knowledge Management
Volume
9
Number
5
Publication date
2015
Article pages
1029-1047
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JKM-01-2015-0036
URI
https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/20076
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Author
Haas, Aurore
1032 Dauphine Recherches en Management [DRM]
Type
Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Abstract (EN)
Our work contributes to defining the concepts of boundary spanner, gatekeeper and knowledge broker witth a review of the literature covering more than 100 sources. We find that review of past research allows to propose a set of new definitions and also to the detection of 5 research avenues.The ability of organizations to recognize, source and integrate key outside information or knowledge is important for their strategy, innovation and performance over time. Three types of individuals have information gathering and knowledge dissemination roles at the frontier of organizations: boundary spanners, gatekeepers and knowledge brokers. Although research on these individuals is well developed, we found that in practice the definitions of the concepts overlap and still need a clarification. So far, no systematic comparison of these roles has been undertaken.

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