Variety, dissimilarity, and status centrality in MBA networks: Is the minority or the majority more likely to network across diversity?

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 349-372

  Konrad, Alison M ^a   Seidel, Marc David L ^b   Lo, Eiston ^b   Bhardwaj, Arjun ^b   Qureshi, Israr ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85031798925     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amle.2015.0256     Document Type: Review

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