Why do employers retrain at-risk workers? The role of social capital

Industrial Relations

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 421-447

  Cappelli, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; SOCIAL CAPITAL; TRAINING;

EID: 16544385891     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0019-8676.2004.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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