Do transnational brokers always win? A multilevel analysis of social support

Social Networks

Volumn 53, Issue , 2018, Pages 90-100

  Bilecen, Başak ^a   Cardona, Andrés ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brokerage; Cohesion; Ego centric network analysis; Migration; Social support; Transnationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016071956     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2017.03.001     Document Type: Article

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