Sifting and sorting: Personal contacts and hiring in a retail bank

American Sociological Review

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 883-902

  Fernandez, Roberto M ^a,b   Weinberg, Nancy ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000292130     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657345     Document Type: Article

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