From: Bridges, brokers and boundary spanners in collaborative networks: a systematic review
Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
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Empirical research on brokers, bridges or boundary spanners within a collaborative network using a network approach | Not empirical research, e.g. models, concepts, methods, frameworks, tools, computational or theoretical aspects of network theory or collaboration |
Social network of professionals e.g. health, academic, research, corporate, commercial | Social networks of non-professionals such as students, children, internet site users, genetic or disease groups, terrorists or criminals, historical groups, families, friends, local community members, targets for health promotion or marketing, customers or recommender groups |
Local or virtual means of interaction | Non-human social networks (e.g. animal societies, molecular systems) or simulations of human networks |
Individual, organisational or interorganisational level data | |
Brokers, bridges or boundary spanners identified sociometrically or ethnographically |