Developing Social Network Propositions to Explain Large-Group Intervention Theory and Practice

Advances in Developing Human Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-358

  Garcia, Stephen K ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

large group interventions; organizational change; social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249144460     PISSN: 15234223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1523422307304100     Document Type: Article

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