Making the most of the revolving door: The impact of outward personnel mobility networks on organizational creativity

Organization Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 377-400

  Godart, Frédéric C ^a   Shipilov, Andrew V ^a   Claes, Kim ^a  

^a INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Fashion industry; Organizational creativity; Outward centrality; Personnel mobility networks; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897834005     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2013.0839     Document Type: Article

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