Catching falling stars: A human resource response to social capital's detrimental effect of information overload on star employees

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 396-418

  Oldroyd, James B ^a   Morris, Shad S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84862553698     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2010.0403     Document Type: Review

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