Does it pay to have a network contact? Social network ties, workplace racial context, and pay outcomes

Social Science Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 266-278

  Kmec, Julie A ^a   Trimble, Lindsey B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pay; Race ethnicity; Social networks

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; EMPLOYMENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB FINDING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB APPLICATION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREJUDICE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 63649138191     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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