Bringing managers back in: Managerial influences on workplace inequality

American Sociological Review

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 667-694

  Castilla, Emilio J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

careers; employment; homophily; organizations; performance; social networks; stratification

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL THEORY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 80053207291     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122411420814     Document Type: Article

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