How to Get Ahead in the Czech Republic? The Importance of Social Capital in Job Attainment After 1989

0390441 - SOÚ 2014 RIV CZ eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Häuberer, J. - Šafr, Jiří
How to Get Ahead in the Czech Republic? The Importance of Social Capital in Job Attainment After 1989.
Values, Stratification, Transformation. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, s.r.o, 2012 - (Prudký, L.), s. 322-343. ISBN 978-80-7380-401-5.
[Výzkumy hodnot a diferenciace: sociologické pohledy. Praha (CZ), 08.11.2010-09.11.2010]
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT 2D06014
Institutional support: RVO:68378025
Keywords : social capital * job attainment * social class
Subject RIV: AO - Sociology, Demography

The paper focuses on the role of social networks in status attainment. Using data from the survey "Distinction and Values" (2008) which surveyed cohorts ages 30–34 authors focus on the role of parental status/class, mobilized social capital and education on achieved first job socioeconomic status (ISEI). The effect of the "strength of weak ties" failed to be proven when operationalised as the mobilization of distant and wider contacts exclusively only among members of the higher classes. Social capital was also operationalised as ISEI of the person from the circle of acquaintances (weak ties), that supplied information on first-time employment. This form of social capital contributes significantly to the attained status, namely in offspring with the middle class origin. Authors conclude that the influence of individual social capital has not vanished from the society after 1989.
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