When do structural holes in employees' networks improve their radical creativity? A moderated mediation model

R and D Management

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 755-766

  Tang, Chaoying ^a   Zhang, Guiyang ^a   Naumann, Stefanie E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

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EID: 85028617678     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/radm.12286     Document Type: Article

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