Cohesiveness and goals in agency networks: Explaining conflict and cooperation

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 949-964

  Mukherji, Ananda ^a   Wright, Peter ^b   Mukherji, Jyotsna ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Principal agents network conflict cooperation

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648994250     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2007.01.024     Document Type: Article

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