Finding a job in the internet age

Social Forces

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1235-1262

  Fountain, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 20144382379     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2005.0030     Document Type: Article

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