Role of online social networks in job search by unemployed individuals

International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2012

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 509-523

  Garg, Rajiv ^a   Telang, Rahul ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Job outcomes; Job search; Online social networks; Professional networks; Search intensity; Strong ties; Weak ties

Indexed keywords

JOB OUTCOMES; JOB SEARCH; ON-LINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; SEARCH INTENSITY; STRONG TIES; WEAK TIES;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84886500039     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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