Hierarchical structures of communication in a network organization

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 183-198

  Oberg, Achim ^a   Walgenbach, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

(Post )Bureaucratic organization; Information technology; Intranet communication; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 47349100676     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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