Who speaks up to whom? A relational approach to employee voice

Social Networks

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 303-316

  Pauksztat, Birgit ^a   Steglich, Christian ^b   Wittek, Rafael ^b  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Degree centrality; Employee voice; Exponential random graph models (ERGM); Formal organizational structure; Relationship quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 83555166045     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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