Does Receiving Unsolicited Support Help or Hurt? Receipt of Unsolicited Job Leads and Depression

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 144-160

  Song, Lijun ^a   Chen, Wenhong ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; social support; unsolicited job leads; unsolicited support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901450514     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146514532816     Document Type: Article

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