Social capital and finding a job: Do contacts matter?

American Sociological Review

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 868-898

  Mouw, Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542349924     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1519749     Document Type: Article

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