Career mobility and job flocking

Social Science Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 800-820

  Dobrev, Stanislav D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Careers; Contagion; Ecology; Flocking; Imitation; Job change

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844485717     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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