The relationships between network commitment, its antecedents and network performance

Management Decision

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1183-1205

  Clarke, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medical care; Networking; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750717235     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740610707677     Document Type: Article

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