The Social Capital of French and American Managers

Organization Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-147

  Burt, Ronald S ^a   Hogarth, Robin M ^a   Michaud, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Europ Inst of Bus Administration   (France)

Author keywords

Culture; Management; Performance; Social Capital; Social Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034399511     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.11.2.123.12506     Document Type: Article

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