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Table 5 Types of boundaries

From: Collective action for implementation: a realist evaluation of organisational collaboration in healthcare

Type of boundary

Nature of the boundary

Organisational

Between different organisations and divisions/departments within and across institutions

Epistemic

Between the different philosophical perspectives individuals, teams and organisations have about knowledge, its provenance and its mobilisation

Semantic

Between people and groups because of different understandings about meaning and language

Professional

Between different professional groups in different contexts

Geographic

Between the CLAHRC network (of nine) and within CLAHRCs (and their constituencies)