Communication network dynamics during organizational crisis

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-35

  Hossain, Liaquat ^a,b   Murshed, Shahriar Tanvir ^a   Uddin, Shahadat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actor centrality; Centralization; Cliques; Communication network; Organizational crisis; Reciprocity; Social network analysis; Transitivity

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

ACTOR CENTRALITY; CENTRALIZATION; CLIQUES; ORGANIZATIONAL CRISIS; RECIPROCITY; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; TRANSITIVITY;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 84867423251     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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