Trapped in Your Own Net? Network Cohesion, Structural Holes, and the Adaptation of Social Capital

Organization Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-196

  Gargiulo, Martin ^a   Benassi, Mario ^b  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Network Closure; Networks; Social Capital; Structural Holes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034374682     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.11.2.183.12514     Document Type: Article

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