Organizations non gratae? The impact of unethical corporate acts on interorganizational networks

Organization Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-70

  Sullivan, Bilian Ni ^a   Haunschild, Pamela ^b   Page, Karen ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Legitimacy; Networks; Unethical acts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847080782     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1060.0229     Document Type: Article

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