Network destruction: The structural implications of downsizing

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-112

  Shah, Priti Pradhan ^a  

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EID: 0034338848     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1556389     Document Type: Article

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