Toward a role-theoretic conception of embeddedness

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 92-125

  Montgomery, James D ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032350708     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/210003     Document Type: Article

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