Power-law behavior in complex organizational communication networks during crisis

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 390, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2845-2853

  Uddin, Shahadat ^a,b   Murshed, Shahriar Tanvir Hasan ^a,b   Hossain, Liaquat ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Organizational crisis; Out degree centrality; Power law distribution; Self organization

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

DEGREE CENTRALITY; EMAIL COMMUNICATION; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; INFORMATION SHARED; ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CRISIS; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; SELF ORGANIZATIONS;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 79956227150     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2011.03.028     Document Type: Article

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