A test of sincerity: How black and latino service workers make decisions about making referrals

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 629, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-52

  Smith, Sandra Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Job search; Race and ethnicity; Scripts; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952344290     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716210366532     Document Type: Article

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