Team leaders and team members in interorganizational networks: An examination of structural holes and performance

Communication Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 613-633

  Susskind, Alex M ^a   Odom Reed, Peggy R ^a   Viccari, Anthony E ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

interorganizational networks; structural holes; team leaders; team performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051980875     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650210380867     Document Type: Article

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