Institutional embeddedness of network embeddedness in the workplace: Social integration at work and employee's health across three societies

Research in the Sociology of Work

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 323-356

  Song, Lijun ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Health; Institutional theory; Social integration at work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929336006     PISSN: 02772833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0277-2833(2013)0000024015     Document Type: Article

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