Quasi-ties: Directing resources to members of a collective

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1613-1645

  Frank, Kenneth A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identification; Resource allocations; Social exchange; Social ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349246337     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764209331529     Document Type: Article

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