Smith, Sandra Susan - Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE), … - 2012
weakly tied, why do jobholders so often help acquaintances and strangers instead of kin and friends? The strength-of-weak-ties … theory holds that weak ties are more likely to be conduits for information and influence that best leads to jobs. Recent … this paper I offer an alternative explanation for why weak ties matter, one rooted in cognitive and affective processes …