Dyads in organizational research: Conceptual issues and multilevel analyses

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 456-483

  Gooty, Janaki ^a   Yammarino, Francis J ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dependency; dyads; random coefficient modeling; within and between analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955538354     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428109358271     Document Type: Article

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