Student and Graduate Adaptation in the Labor Market: The Role of Informal Social Ties

Occupation: Senior Lecturer at the department of economic theory and econometrics
Affiliation: National Research University Higher School of Economics in Nizhny Novgorod
Address: Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod

Dmitry A. Shpilev

Occupation: Prof. of department of general sociology and social work; Prof. of department of criminology
Affiliation:
NNU Lobachevsky University
Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
Address: Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod

Journal name

Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya

Edition

Issue 8

Pages

78-89

Abstract

Social ties seem to play a significant role in the employment practices, including students and graduates, who are most vulnerable categories of employees. This study analyzes significance of informal social ties in the process of job searching for students and graduates. We also investigate the influence of this kind of employment on the objective and subjective criteria of adaptation on the labor market. The study is based on the data of Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS-HSE). A statistically significant impact of employment by using friends on the subjective indicators (such as job satisfaction) was found. On the other hand, there are no connections between employment by using friends and objective indicators of adaptation on the labor market.

Keywords

students, graduates, social ties, employment, job satisfaction

Received

04.07.2020

Publication date

15.09.2020

Number of characters

23901

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GOST	Krekhovets E., Shpilev D. Student and Graduate Adaptation in the Labor Market: The Role of Informal Social Ties // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2020. – Issue 8 C. 78-89 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250010429-4-1-en (circulation date: 20.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250010429-4
MLA	Krekhovets, Ekaterina V, Shpilev, Dmitry A. "Student and Graduate Adaptation in the Labor Market: The Role of Informal Social Ties." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 8 (2020):78-89. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250010429-4
APA	Krekhovets E., Shpilev D. (2020). Student and Graduate Adaptation in the Labor Market: The Role of Informal Social Ties. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (8), pp.78-89 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250010429-4

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