Good Friends in Bad Times? Social Networks and Job Search among the Unemployed in Sweden

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 157-170

  Korpi, Tomas ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84996174995     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000169930104400204     Document Type: Article

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