Antecedents of new director social capital

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1782-1803

  Johnson, Scott ^a   Schnatterly, Karen ^b   Bolton, Joel F ^c   Tuggle, Chris ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80054840687     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2011.01020.x     Document Type: Article

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