Doctoral Dissertation Research: Non-Searching for Jobs

博士论文研究：非找工作

• 批准号: 0327138
• 负责人: Jill Quadagno
• 金额: $ 0.3万
• 依托单位: Florida State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-01 至 2005-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0327138&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Non; Searching

Sociological research has identified the importance of social networks and social capital in the allocation of labor market advantages. However, while much of the empirical and theoretical focus has been on the way that people access their jobs through their search activities, few have considered those who get their jobs without searching. These "non-searchers" receive job information and/or job offers while not actively searching for a job. Not only are these non-searchers surprisingly prevalent among current jobholders, they also receive better jobs than those who actively search for their jobs. In order to identify the characteristics of non-searchers and the nature of the employment advantages that they receive over active searchers, I will analyze survey data from two national datasets. Additionally, I will conduct qualitative interviews of newly hired employees at a multinational finance company to gain a better understanding of the processes by which people non-search and how these processes differ from the ways that people actively search for their jobs. I hypothesize that non-searchers receive some of the best jobs around because their extensive work contacts provide them with access to exclusive job information. Plus, contrary to social capital theory, non-searchers are able to procure this valuable job information without actively searching for their jobs. In this way, research on non-searchers has the potential for significantly advancing theories of social capital. Also, research on non-searchers can enhancing our understanding of social stratification more broadly, providing insights into race, gender, and class stratification, job allocation, and access to elite labor market positions.

社会学研究已经确定了社会网络和社会资本在劳动力市场优势分配中的重要性。然而，尽管许多实证和理论的焦点都集中在人们通过求职活动找到工作的方式上，但很少有人考虑到那些不找工作就找到工作的人。这些“不搜索者”在没有积极寻找工作的情况下收到工作信息和/或工作机会。这些不找工作的人不仅在现有的求职者中出奇地普遍，而且他们得到的工作也比那些积极找工作的人更好。为了确定非搜索者的特征以及他们比积极搜索者获得的就业优势的性质，我将分析来自两个国家数据集的调查数据。此外，我将对一家跨国金融公司的新员工进行定性访谈，以更好地了解人们不寻找工作的过程，以及这些过程与人们积极寻找工作的方式有何不同。我猜想，不找工作的人之所以能得到一些最好的工作，是因为他们广泛的工作人脉为他们提供了独家的工作信息。另外，与社会资本理论相反，不找工作的人不需要主动找工作就能获得这些有价值的工作信息。通过这种方式，对非搜索者的研究具有显著推进社会资本理论的潜力。此外，对非搜索者的研究可以更广泛地增强我们对社会分层的理解，为种族、性别和阶级分层、工作分配和获得精英劳动力市场职位提供见解。