Teaching executives to see social capital: Results from a field experiment

Social Science Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1156-1183

  Burt, Ronald S ^a   Ronchi, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult learning; Executive education; Field experiment; Social capital; Social network; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447527160     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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