Owning the code: Status closure in distributed groups

Organization Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 418-435

  Metiu, Anca ^a  

^a INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Distributed groups; Intergroup relations; Status closure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746766233     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1060.0195     Document Type: Review

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