Understanding communication network cohesiveness during organizational crisis: Effects of clique and transitivity

ICIS 2010 Proceedings - Thirty First International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clique; Communication network; Organizational crisis; Transitivity

Indexed keywords

CLIQUE; COMMUNICATION PATTERN; COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS; E-MAIL NETWORKS; ORGANIZATIONAL CRISIS; TRANSITIVITY;

GROUP THEORY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 84870957826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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