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Social Theory and Social Structure

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The article was published on 1949-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 13688 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social change & Social relation.

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Social factors influencing export initiation in small and medium-sized enterprises

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Projects and Possibilities: Researching Futures in Action

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Workplace Relations: Friendship Patterns and Consequences (According to Managers)

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Graduate employability and student attitudes and orientations to the labour market

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Toward an operational definition of health.

TL;DR: Despite truncation at the scale extremes, differences were demonstrated among the function levels and between the nurses and students.