Does networking with colleagues matter in enhancing job performance?

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 405-421

  Ng, Ignace ^a   Chow, Irene Hau Siu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Colleague; Information accessibility; Information diversity; Job performance; Networking; Rank

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944481618     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-005-4117-9     Document Type: Article

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