Be careful what you wish for: Effects of issue interpretation on social choices in professional networks

Organization Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 401-419

  Bridwell Mitchell, E N ^a   Lant, Theresa K ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Managerial cognition; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897851267     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2013.0840     Document Type: Article

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