Boundary Spanning Individuals: Their Role in Information Transfer and Their Antecedents
- 1 June 1981
- journal article
- Published by Academy of Management in The Academy of Management Journal
- Vol. 24 (2) , 289-305
- https://doi.org/10.5465/255842
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 connected internally and externally. These key individuals are nominated as technically competent in their unit and have personal characteristics to link effectively their unit to external areas.Keywords
This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
- Communication patterns, project performance, and task characteristics: An empirical evaluation and integration in an R&D settingOrganizational Behavior and Human Performance, 1979
- Individual characteristics of innovativeness and communication in research and development organizations.Journal of Applied Psychology, 1978
- Boundary Spanning Roles and Organization StructureAcademy of Management Review, 1977
- Organizational communication network analysis: The liaison communication roleOrganizational Behavior and Human Performance, 1977
- Organizational role conflict: Its antecedents and consequencesOrganizational Behavior and Human Performance, 1976
- Boundary-Spanning Activity and Employee Reactions: An Empirical StudyHuman Relations, 1976
- Task Type and Information Transfer in a Government Research LaboratoryHuman Relations, 1973
- The Strength of Weak TiesAmerican Journal of Sociology, 1973
- The effect of individual roles on performance in innovative groups*R&D Management, 1972
- SEMANTIC INFORMATIONThe British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 1953