The two faces of control: Network closure and individual performance among knowledge workers

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 299-333

  Gargiulo, Martin ^a   Ertug, Gokhan ^b   Galunic, Charles ^a  

^a INSEAD ^*

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 67650445076     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2189/asqu.2009.54.2.299     Document Type: Article

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