• DocumentCode
    1514451
  • Title

    The impact of organizational change on the technological gatekeeper role

  • Author

    Taylor, R.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Bus., Louisville Univ., KY, USA
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1986
  • Firstpage
    12
  • Lastpage
    16
  • Abstract
    Technical communication patterns are studied over a seven-year period in a military engineering research and development laboratory. The same individuals are consistently identified as gatekeepers despite changes in organizational structure and a dynamic research environment. Efforts to manage the flow of technical information are also discussed.
  • Keywords
    personnel; research and development management; development laboratory; dynamic research environment; military engineering research; technical communication patterns; technical information flow; technological gatekeeper role; Communication networks; Interviews; Laboratories; Logic gates; Organizations; Professional communication; Research and development;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9391
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TEM.1986.6447717
  • Filename
    6447717