Production of Collective Action in Alliance-Based Interorganizational Communication and Information Systems

Organization Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 411-433

  Monge, Peter R ^a   Fulk, Janet ^a   Kalman, Michael E ^b   Flanagin, Andrew J ^c   Parnassa, Claire ^a   Rumsey, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Naval Command   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliances; Communality; Communication; Connectivity; Information Systems; Interorganizational communication; Public Goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032373540     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.9.3.411     Document Type: Article

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