Passive recruitment in the Russian urban labor market

Work and Occupations

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-334

  Yakubovich, Valery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor markets; Passive recruitment; Russia; Social networks; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745854479     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888405285295     Document Type: Review

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