Shipbuilding is inherently a social process involving numerous craftsmen utilizing their knowledge and skills while working together to produce complex machine. The construction of ship traditionally relies on stratified apprenticeship system that entails master teaching apprentices trade. In this type setting, the shipyard becomes classroom where younger generations learn mimic mannerisms from...

INTRODUCTION Collaboration was legislated in the delivery of integrated care in the early 2000s in the UK. This research explored how the reality of practice met the rhetoric of collaboration. THEORY The paper is situated against a theoretical framework of structure, agency, identity and empowerment. Collectively and contextually these concepts inform the proposed model of 'collaborative agen...