The duality of organizations and their attributes: Turning regression modeling "inside out

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 263-275

  Breiger, Ronald L ^a   Melamed, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cbrn terrorism; Duality; Field theory; Regression modeling; Unconventional weapons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901392527     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X(2014)0000040013     Document Type: Article

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