Supporting cross-cultural brokers is essential for employment among Aboriginal people in remote Australia

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 327-338

  Maru, Yiheyis T ^a   Davies, Jocelyn ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

brokerage; closure; Indigenous livelihoods; social capital; social networks.

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655178838     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ11022     Document Type: Article

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