Measuring social capital through network analysis and its influence on individual performance

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Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-73

  Abbasi, Alireza ^a   Wigand, Rolf T ^b   Hossain, Liaquat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84898493527     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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