Bridging in social networks: Who are the people in structural holes and why are they there?

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-66

  Kalish, Yuval ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Entrepreneur; Personality; Social entrepreneur; Social network; Structural hole; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249118487     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2007.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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