Welfare to web to work: Internet job searching among former welfare clients in Florida

Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 239-253

  McDonald, Steve ^a   Crew Jr , Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer; Internet; Job search; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645793341     PISSN: 01915096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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