Exploring the social ledger: Negative relationships and negative asymmetry in social networks in organizations

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 596-614

  Labianca, Giuseppe ^a   Brass, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 33645140649     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2006.21318920     Document Type: Review

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