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Boundary Roles

Boundary Role is a structural position within an organization or network that serves as a liaison by connecting disparate groups or domains, distinguished by its function in facilitating the transfer, translation, and integration of knowledge, resources, or practices across institutional, cultural, or epistemic boundaries.

57

Publications

6.9K

Citations

121

Authors

67

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

13

Variants

Boundary Role

Parents

Publications

57

Special Boundary Roles in the Innovation Process

Michael L. Tushman · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1977 · 1.5K citations

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Boundary Spanning Roles and Organization Structure<sup/>

Howard E. Aldrich, Diane Herker · Academy of Management Review · 1977 · 1.2K citations

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Free to Be Trusted? Organizational Constraints on Trust in Boundary Spanners

Vincenzo Perrone, Akbar Zaheer, Bill McEvily · Organization Science · 2003 · 410 citations

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Managing Boundaries in American Administration: The Collaboration Imperative

Donald F. Kettl · Public Administration Review · 2006 · 367 citations

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Community Engagement and Boundary-Spanning Roles at Research Universities

David J. Weerts, Lorilee R. Sandmann · The Journal of Higher Education · 2010 · 306 citations

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Authors

121

  1. LR
    Lorilee R. Sandmann

    University of Georgia, United States

    4 publications · 638 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. DJ
    David J. Weerts

    University of Minnesota, United States

    3 publications · 613 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. MO
    Mohamed Oubenal

    Université Laval, Canada

    2 publications · 112 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. AO
    Amandine Orsini

    UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels, Belgium

    2 publications · 112 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. JM
    Jean‐Frédéric Morin

    Université Laval, Canada

    2 publications · 112 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

67

  1. University of South Florida

    Tampa, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    302 citations

  2. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    118 citations

  3. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    167 citations

  4. University of Houston

    Houston, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    320 citations

  5. Université Laval

    Québec, Canada

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    370 citations

  6. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    426 citations

  7. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    198 citations

  8. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    47 citations

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Venues

  1. Environmental Science & Policy

    3 publications · 141 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. Academy of Management Review

    AMR · 2 publications · 1.2K citations

    2

    h-index

  3. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science

    2 publications · 286 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. The Journal of Higher Education

    JHE · 2 publications · 380 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. Academy of Management Journal

    AMJ · 2 publications · 312 citations

    2

    h-index

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