Facilitating achievement by social capital in Japan

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2261-2277

  Cheung, Chau kiu ^a   Chan, Raymond Kwok hong ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Achievement; Friendship; Social interaction; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349177399     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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