Organizational membership versus informal interaction: Contributions to skills and perceptions that build social capital

Political Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-25

  Green, Melanie C ^a   Brock, Timothy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic participation; Interpersonal interaction; Organizations; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444278914     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2005.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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