Innovations in Community-Based and Interdisciplinary Research: A Network Perspective on Innovation in Social Work Science
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| Title: | Innovations in Community-Based and Interdisciplinary Research: A Network Perspective on Innovation in Social Work Science |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Rice, Eric, Petering, Robin, Stringfellow, Erin, Craddock, Jaih B. |
| Source: | Research on Social Work Practice. Mar 2017 27(2):189-193. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 5 |
| Publication Date: | 2017 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | Innovation, Networks, Social Work, Case Studies, Expertise, Problem Solving, Transfer of Training, Theories, Cooperation, Interdisciplinary Approach |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1049731516685620 |
| ISSN: | 1049-7315 |
| Abstract: | We present a preliminary theory of innovation in social work science. The focus of the piece is two case studies from our work that illustrate the social nature of innovations in the science of social work. This inductive theory focuses on a concept we refer to as transformative innovation, wherein two sets of individuals who possess different expertise and different network connections come together to solve a problem and in so doing transfer ideas from one network and field of expertise to the other. This transfer of ideas inevitably involves the transformation of ideas, such that the final innovation is something new to both groups of people, and as such innovative. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 10 |
| Entry Date: | 2017 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1130713 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | We present a preliminary theory of innovation in social work science. The focus of the piece is two case studies from our work that illustrate the social nature of innovations in the science of social work. This inductive theory focuses on a concept we refer to as transformative innovation, wherein two sets of individuals who possess different expertise and different network connections come together to solve a problem and in so doing transfer ideas from one network and field of expertise to the other. This transfer of ideas inevitably involves the transformation of ideas, such that the final innovation is something new to both groups of people, and as such innovative. |
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| ISSN: | 1049-7315 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1049731516685620 |
