Inequality beyond networking : personal networks and mobilization of contacts by young job seekers in Barcelona
Muntanyola-Saura, Dafne (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Centre d'Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball (QUIT))
Barranco Font, Oriol (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Centre d'Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball (QUIT))
Vacchiano, Mattia (University of Lausanne Suiza. Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES)

Additional title:	La desigualdad más allá de la movilización de contactos : redes personales y movilización de contactos de jóvenes que buscan trabajo en Barcelona
Date:	2019
Abstract:	How young job seekers mobilize their contacts in the labour market? We look at mobilization of personal networks of young adults in Barcelona. We consider the strength of ties and status homophily as mechanisms of personal networks as for the consolidation of social capital. Our qualitative analysis of 18 interviews with job seekers explores their personal networks and labour market trajectories. We applied Social Network Analysis (SNA). Our analysis of social capital indicates the existence of a relation between the cultural and economic capitals of job seekers and the compositional features of their networks. Results show how networks are similarly heterogeneous in terms of strength of ties, and mostly homophilous in educational levels. But these similarities in terms of social capital come with sharp inequalities in the patterns of mobilized contacts and their success in finding a job. These differences can be explained by the type and volume of capitals of job seekers. Those with better positions in the social structure and stable trajectories seem to mobilize fewer contacts more efficiently, getting better outcomes.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Social Capital ; Networking ; Social network analysis ; Labour market ; Inequality ; Capital social ; Redes ; Análisis de redes sociales ; Mercado de trabajo ; Desigualdad
Published in:	Revista española de sociología, Vol. 28 Núm. 2 (2019) , p. 207-226, ISSN 2445-0367

DOI: 10.22325/fes/res.2019.01

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