Social identity, status characteristics and social networks: Predictors of advice seeking in a manufacturing facility

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-87

  Copeland, Martin P ^a   Reynolds, Katherine J ^b   Burton, Jamie B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c People Led Solutions Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Influence; Organization; Social identity; Social network; Status characteristics; Structural equivalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249111698     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2007.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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