The causal status of social capital in labor markets

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 445-462

  Fernandez, Roberto M ^a   Galperin, Roman V ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee referrals; Hiring; Homophily; Labor markets; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901465959     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X(2014)0000040022     Document Type: Article

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