The utilisation of network pictures to examine a company's employees' perceptions of a supplier relationship

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 400-412

  Leek, Sheena ^a   Mason, Katy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Network management model; Network pictures; Relationship atmosphere; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951253067     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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