Extended structures of mediation: Re-examining brokerage in dynamic networks

Social Networks

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 130-143

  Spiro, Emma S ^a   Acton, Ryan M ^b   Butts, Carter T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c 5226 Donald Bren Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Brokerage; Coordination; Emergent multi organizational networks; Social networks; Social processes; Structural dynamics; Structural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875620073     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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