The focused organization of advice relations: A study in boundary crossing

Organization Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 438-457

  Lomi, Alessandro ^a   Lusher, Dean ^b   Pattison, Philippa E ^c   Robins, Garry ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advice relations; Intraorganizational networks; Knowledge transfer; Organizational identification; Social foci; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897887462     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2013.0850     Document Type: Article

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