A referral is worth a thousand ads: Job search methods and scientist outcomes in the market for postdoctoral scholars

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-73

  Wei, Thomas E ^a   Levin, Victoria ^b   Sabik, Lindsay M ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Job search; Match quality; Networks; Postdoctoral labor market

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; SOCIAL NETWORK;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871394130     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scr006     Document Type: Article

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