Egocentric, sociocentric, or dyadic?. Identifying the appropriate level of analysis in the study of organizational networks

Social Networks

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-208

  Mizruchi, Mark S ^a   Marquis, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyads; Level of analysis; Network measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646509447     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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