Gendering the job: Networks and recruitment at a call center

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 859-904

  Fernandez, Roberto M ^b   Sosa, M Lourdes ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 32744456011     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497257     Document Type: Review

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