A paradigm too far? A dynamic stability reconsideration of the social network research program

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1031-1048

  Kilduff, Martin ^a   Tsai, Wenpin ^b   Hanke, Ralph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750423558     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2006.22528168     Document Type: Article

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