Missing links: Referrer behavior and job segregation

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2470-2489

  Rubineau, Brian ^a   Fernandez, Roberto M ^b  

^a School of Industrial and Labor Relations   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications; Behavior; Labor; Organizational studies; Personnel; Referral networks; Screening; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CONTACT NETWORKS; LABOR MARKETS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES; ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES; REFERRAL NETWORKS; SIMULATION;

APPLICATIONS; COMMERCE; EMPLOYMENT; PERSONNEL; SCREENING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84888862659     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1717     Document Type: Article

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