Multidimensional networks and the dynamics of sociomateriality: Bringing technology inside the network

International Journal of Communication

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 682-720

  Contractor, Noshir S ^a   Monge, Peter R ^b   Leonardi, Paul M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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