Individual centrality and performance in virtual R&D groups: An empirical study

Management Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-38

  Ahuja, Manju K ^a   Galletta, Dennis F ^b   Carley, Kathleen M ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrality; Electronic mail; Field study; Hierarchy of authority; Individual performance; IS project teams; Path analysis; Roles; Social network analysis; Social science

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; ELECTRONIC MAIL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

HIERARCHY OF AUTHORITY; INDIVIDUAL CENTRALITY; PATH ANALYSIS; ROLES; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037284418     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.49.1.21.12756     Document Type: Article

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