Weak ties, information, and influence: How workers find jobs in a local Russian labor market

American Sociological Review

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 408-421

  Yakubovich, Valery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WORLD;

EID: 23944471968     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240507000303     Document Type: Article

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