A fresh look at how professions take shape: Dual-directed networking dynamics and social boundaries

Organization Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 661-687

  Montgomery, Kathleen ^a,c   Oliver, Amalya L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain; Membership; Networking; Professions; Social boundaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249752603     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607076278     Document Type: Review

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