Interorganizational networking patterns among development organizations

Journal of Communication

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 293-317

  Atouba, Yannick ^a   Shumate, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; COMMUNICATION; MODELING; NETWORKING; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 77954132023     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2010.01483.x     Document Type: Article

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