The social structure of leadership and creativity in engineering design teams: An empirical analysis

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 269-286

  Kratzer, Jan ^a   Leenders, Roger Th A J ^a   Van Engelen, Jo M L ^a  

^a Faculty of Management and Organization   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Empirical analysis; External sources; Leader; Organizations; Social Networks

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXTERNAL SOURCES; LEADER; ORGANIZATIONS; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

INFORMATION SERVICES;

ABERRATIONS;

EID: 68749108403     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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