Social structure and support networks in Beijing and Hong Kong

Social Networks

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-274

  Lee, Rance P L ^a   Ruan, Danching ^b   Lai, Gina ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Kin support; Personal network; Social support; Workplace ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444463997     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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