The emergence of embedded relations and group formation in networks of competition

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-413

  Thye, Shane R ^a   Lawler, Edward J ^b   Yoon, Jeongkoo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cohesion; embeddedness; formation; identity; theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555173005     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0190272511415553     Document Type: Article

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