Networks and cronyism: A social exchange analysis

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 281-297

  Begley, Thomas M ^a   Khatri, Naresh ^b   Tsang, Eric W K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cliques; Cronyism; Inter network competition; Social exchange; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953478451     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-009-9137-4     Document Type: Article

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