Racial homophily and its persistence in newcomers' social networks

Organization Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Mollica, Kelly A ^a   Gray, Barbara ^b   Treviño, Linda K ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homophily; Longitudinal Research; Race Relations; Social Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037936735     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.14.2.123.14994     Document Type: Article

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