Nexus work: Brokerage on creative projects

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-81

  Lingo, Elizabeth Long ^a   O'Mahony, Siobhán ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954309012     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2189/asqu.2010.55.1.47     Document Type: Article

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