Individual and Structural Origins of Friendship and Social Position Among Professionals

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 340-351

  Gibbons, Deborah ^a   Olk, Paul M ^b,c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE;

EID: 85047690172     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.84.2.340     Document Type: Article

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