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Nonstandard Work and the Job Search Process: Application Pools, Search Methods, and Perceived Job Quality

David S. Pedulla, Katariina Mueller-Gastell
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences September 2019, 5 (4) 130-158; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2019.5.4.05
David S. Pedulla
aAssistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Stanford University
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