Knowledge creation and the location of university research scientists’ interpersonal exchange relations: Within and beyond the university

Strategic Organization

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-155

  Mcfadyen, M Ann ^a   Cannella, Albert A ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biomedical university research scientists; geographic and organizational distance; interpersonal exchange relationships; knowledge creation; panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993736057     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127005052207     Document Type: Article

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