Geography and power in an organizational forum: Evidence from the U.S. Senate Chamber

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 177-196

  Chown, Jillian D ^a   Liu, Christopher C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forums; Power; Propinquity; Spatial networks; U.S. Senate

Indexed keywords

SCAFFOLDS;

FORUMS; POWER; PROPINQUITY; SPATIAL NETWORK; U.S. SENATE;

TIME VARYING CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84920876268     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2209     Document Type: Article

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