Voluntary associations and social network structure: Why organizational location and type are important

Sociological Forum

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 465-491

  Glanville, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

network diversity; organizations; social networks; voluntary associations

Indexed keywords

EID: 4844229756     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SOFO.0000042557.56194.03     Document Type: Review

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