Changing Patterns or Patterns of Change: The Effects of a Change in Technology on Social Network Structure and Power
Administrative Science QuarterlyPublished 1 March 1990
Marlene E. Burkhardt, Daniel J. Brass
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Network Structure and Power examines network structure and power in the context of knowledge-based decision-making in the rapidly changing environment through the lens of knowledge representation.
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Network Structure and Power Author(s): Marlene E. Burkhardt and Daniel J. Brass Source: Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 35, No. 1, Special Issue: Technology, Organizations, and Innovation (Mar., 1990), pp. 104-127 Published by: Sage Publications, Inc. on behalf of the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2393552 . Accessed: 12/11/2013 03:43
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