Who you know vs. what you know: The impact of social position and knowledge on team performance

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-75

  Ashworth, Michael J ^a   Carley, Kathleen M ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group performance; Human resource management; Knowledge networks; Resource dependency; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144449315     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222500500323101     Document Type: Article

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