Job search and sex segregation: Does sex of social contact matter?

Sex Roles

Volumn 42, Issue 9-10, 2000, Pages 847-864

  Mencken, F Carson ^a   Winfield, Idee ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences   (United States)

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EID: 0034178166     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007046416523     Document Type: Article

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