Social network structure and performance of improvement teams

International Journal of Business Performance Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 208-223

  Luo, Jar Der ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

knowledge creation; social capital; social network structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248176900     PISSN: 13684892     EISSN: 17415039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2005.006491     Document Type: Article

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