Exploring communication networks to understand organizational crisis using exponential random graph models

Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-41

  Uddin, Shahadat ^a   Hamra, Jafar ^a   Hossain, Liaquat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Email communications; Exponential random graph models; Organizational disintegration; Social networks; Statistical models for social networks

Indexed keywords

DISINTEGRATION; GRAPH THEORY; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ADAPTATION PROCESS; COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS; EMAIL COMMUNICATION; EXPONENTIAL RANDOM GRAPH MODEL; MICRO-LEVEL STRUCTURES; NETWORK STRUCTURES; PERFORMANCE BASED; SOCIAL NETWORK STRUCTURES;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 84874412148     PISSN: 1381298X     EISSN: 15729346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10588-011-9104-8     Document Type: Article

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