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Informal Networks

Informal Networks is a social structure within organizations that consists of unofficial interpersonal relationships and communication channels, distinguished from formal hierarchies by its emergent, unstructured, and often invisible patterns of influence and resource exchange.

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Network Structure and Knowledge Transfer: The Effects of Cohesion and Range

Ray Reagans, Bill McEvily · Administrative Science Quarterly · 2003 · 3.6K citations

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Social Structure of “Coopetition” Within a Multiunit Organization: Coordination, Competition, and Intraorganizational Knowledge Sharing

Wenpin Tsai · Organization Science · 2002 · 1.9K citations

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Social Pressures in Informal Groups

Léon Festinger, Stanley Schachter, Kurt W. Back · The American Catholic Sociological Review · 1950 · 1.8K citations

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Social Networks and Entrepreneurship

Arent Greve, Janet W. Salaff · Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice · 2003 · 1.6K citations

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The Community Question: The Intimate Networks of East Yorkers

Barry Wellman · American Journal of Sociology · 1979 · 1.4K citations

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  1. SH
    Sven Horak

    St. John's University, United States

    13 publications · 741 citations

    13

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  2. AL
    Alena Ledeneva

    University College London, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 438 citations

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  3. RC
    Rob Cross

    University of Virginia, United States

    6 publications · 2.3K citations

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  4. BW
    Barry Wellman

    University of Toronto, Canada

    5 publications · 2.8K citations

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  5. JM
    John McMillan

    University of California San Diego, United States

    5 publications · 1.4K citations

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Institutions

884

  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    12 h-index

    19 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    11 h-index

    11 publications

    4.4K citations

  4. St. John's University

    New York, United States

    11 h-index

    11 publications

    631 citations

  5. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    11 h-index

    20 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    10 h-index

    13 publications

    931 citations

  7. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    14 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    1.3K citations

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Venues

  1. Social Networks

    21 publications · 2.5K citations

    18

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 20 publications · 800 citations

    15

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  3. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 17 publications · 522 citations

    14

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  4. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 9 publications · 3.1K citations

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  5. World Development

    8 publications · 1.2K citations

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