Granovetter Was Right: The importance of weak ties to a contemporary job search

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 434-462

  Brown, Deborah Wright ^a   Konrad, Alison M ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035620274     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601101264003     Document Type: Article

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