The key roles in the informal organization: A network analysis perspective

Learning Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-103

  de Toni, Alberto F ^a   Nonino, Fabio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b SECTION OF MATHEMATICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Company performance; Networking; Organizational structures; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349092371     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696471011008260     Document Type: Article

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