A Blau space primer: Prolegomenon to an ecology of affiliation

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 263-280

  McPherson, Miller ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; MODELING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 1542504666     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/13.1.263     Document Type: Article

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