Hiring in a Hobbesian world: Social infrastructure and employers' use of information

Work and Occupations

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 498-523

  Miller, Shazia Rafiullah ^a   Rosenbaum, James E ^a  

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EID: 0031493718     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888497024004006     Document Type: Article

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