Collaboration in the face of crisis? A comparative case study from the Danish eldercare context

The primary purpose of the PhD project is to produce knowledge on the link between interprofessional collaboration and organization with relevance for theory and practice. The project’s main theoretical contribution will be to the boundary work literature and consist of comparative analyses of how professions practice boundary work in different organizational forms. Through a qualitative comparative case study design and the use of ethnographic methods, the PhD will thus expand current theoretical knowledge by developing theory on the link between boundary work and organisational context, including the impact of multidisciplinary team organizing on interprofessional collaboration. The project’s main empirical contribution is knowledge on how multidisciplinary teams can play a role in creating a viable eldercare sector, which delivers coherent services to complex clients through closer collaboration while succeeding in recruiting and retaining core professionals.