Mixing or matching? the influence of voluntary associations on the occupational diversity and density of small business owners' networks

Work and Occupations

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-72

  Davis, Amy E ^a   Renzulli, Linda A ^b   Aldrich, Howard E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ^*

Author keywords

Business owners; Social networks; Voluntary associations

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644451412     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888405281914     Document Type: Review

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