Testing multitheoretical, multilevel hypotheses about organizational networks: An analytic framework and empirical example

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 681-703

  Contractor, Noshir S ^a   Wasserman, Stanley ^b,d,e   Faust, Katherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Illinois ^*  (United States)

^e Visible Path Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 33745714886     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2006.21318925     Document Type: Review

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