The power of the weak

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 179-198

  Gargiulo, Martin ^a   Ertug, Gokhan ^b  

^a INSEAD Asia Campus ^*  (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Agency; Dependence; Influence; Networks; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901419255     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X(2014)0000040009     Document Type: Article

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