Network-related personality and the agency question: Multirole evidence from a virtual world

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 543-591

  Burt, Ronald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84872484665     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667856     Document Type: Article

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