Knowledge Mobilization and Network Ambidexterity in a Mandated Healthcare Network: A CLAHRC Case Study

This chapter explores the role of mandated networks in supporting knowledge mobilization. It applies a social network lens to one such network—CLAHRC-NET. Such structures, which have been described in the social network literature as “brokerage,” and “closure,” are seen as supporting knowledge mobilization in two ways. Brokerage is seen as valuable in knowledge “exploration”; namely acquiring and creating new knowledge. Closure involves the development of tight-knit groups of individuals, and is seen as helping to exploit such knowledge by embedding it within practice. The study thus highlights the scope for mandated networks to support knowledge mobilization through formal structures and roles that promote ambidexterity in the development of social ties. This has important implications for policy and practice in relation to the design of such networks. The chapter also serves to underline the value of a social network perspective for addressing the informal social dynamics of formally mandated networks.

NHS top managers, knowledge exchange and leadership: the early development of Academic Health Science Networks – a mixed-methods study

This study explored knowledge networking and leadership in the context of the early development of Academic Health Science Networks in England and made recommendations for future research

Mobilizing power in social networks: The case of networked innovation

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