When critical knowledge is most critical: Centralization in knowledge-intensive teams

Small Group Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 669-699

  Huang, Siyuan ^a   Cummings, Jonathon N ^b  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

knowledge; networks; performance; structure; teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 82855164159     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496411410073     Document Type: Article

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