A preliminary look at accuracy in Egonets

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 277-293

  Krackhardt, David ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Cognitive social structures; Ego networks; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901409257     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X(2014)0000040014     Document Type: Article

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