Doctoral Dissertation Research: Social Networks and Labor Market Mobility

小行星9703498 虽然对劳动力市场中的社交网络和工作流动性都有研究，但对这两个重要社会现象如何联系的研究很少。 本论文研究改进项目通过系统地研究社会网络结构对劳动力市场流动性的影响来解决这一差距。 研究人员认为，结构性漏洞（定义为网络中的非冗余联系）可以增加：（1）员工拥有的关于“更好的工作”的信息总量，（2）雇主拥有的关于潜在员工的信息，以及（3）员工获得的信息的有用性。 在此基础上提出了一系列的模型和可检验的假设。 数据将从美国电视台经理的人口中收集。 具体而言，将要求600名电视台经理完成一项邮件调查，要求提供有关受访者的社交网络、工作历史和求职时获得的工作信息来源的信息。 这项调查将包括在1996年期间更换工作和没有更换工作的管理人员。 ****

9703498 Hachen While there has been research on both social networks and job mobility in labor markets, there is little research on how these two important social phenomena are related. This Dissertation Research Improvement project addresses this gap through systematically examining the effects of social network structure on labor market mobility. The investigator argues that structural holes, defined as non-redundant contacts within networks, can increase the: (1) total amount of information an employee has about "a better job," (2) information an employer has on potential employees, and (3) usefulness of the information an employee obtains. A series of models and testable hypotheses are formulated based on these assumptions. Data will be gathered from the population of television station managers in the United States. Specifically, 600 television station managers will be asked to complete a mail survey which requests information on the respondent's social network, job history and sources of job information obtained when looking for a job. Include in this survey will be mangers who changed as well as those who did not change jobs during 1996. ****