Spatial and social networks in organizational innovation

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 427-442

  Wineman, Jean D ^a   Kabo, Felichism W ^a   Davis, Gerald F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Network analysis; Office design; Productivity; Space syntax

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 64549158921     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916508314854     Document Type: Article

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