When politicians and the experts collide: Organization and the creation of information spheres
通过一个公共部门基础设施项目的案例，研究高度政治化决策中的协作信息行为，提出专家创建信息领域以绕过权力导致的信息回避，补充了小世界理论。
Abstract This paper explores collaborative information behavior in the context of highly politicized decision making. It draws upon a qualitative case study of project management of a contentious public sector infrastructure project. We noted the creation of spaces for the development and exchange of information by experts and conceptualize these as information spheres. We postulate that these were formed to bypass power‐induced information behavior that excludes expert power, such as information avoidance. This approach contrasts with the expected project management and information norms, rules and behavior, however, provides a language that can be used to explain the phenomena of bounded information spaces which complement and may be used as a development of adjunct to small world's theory.