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A Social Network Model of the JobSearch Process: Testing a Relational Effect Hypothesis

Author 1: Bian Yanjie, Department of Sociology, School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University; Institute for Empirical Social Science Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University ; Author 2: Zhang Wenhong, School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai University; Author 3: Cheng Cheng, Department of Sociology, School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University; Institute for Empirical Social Science Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University)

Author 1: Bian Yanjie, Department of Sociology, School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University; Institute for Empirical Social Science Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University ;
Author 2: Zhang Wenhong, School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai University;
Author 3: Cheng Cheng, Department of Sociology, School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University; Institute for Empirical Social Science Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University)

Online:2012-05-20 Published:2012-05-20
Contact: Author 1: Bian Yanjie, Department of Sociology, School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University; Institute for Empirical Social Science Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University ; E-mail:yjbian@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

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Abstract:

In analyzing the 2009 JobNet Survey conducted in eight largest Chinese cities, we distinguished the measures of tie strength from relational resources to study their effects on the wages upon hiring. We found that tie strength and relational resources were statistically correlated but could not substitute for each other. Strong ties were likely to bring in influential connections and weak ties were likely to generate informational resources. With no impact on the wages upon hiring around the onset of the economic reform, informational resources started to show a positive effect when the reform was furthered, especially when China became a member of the World Trade Organization. The impact of influential connections, on the other hand, was pretty significant around the onset of market reforms but was suppressed to some extent after China entered the WTO. In conclusion, three macro factors of market competition, institutional uncertainty, and denseness of social relationships might be the causes for this change pattern, which should be the focus for scholarly research and policy adjustments.

Key words: wages upon hiring , relational resources , tie strength , economic reform

BIAN Yan-Jie, ZHANG Wen-Hong, CHENG Cheng. A Social Network Model of the JobSearch Process: Testing a Relational Effect Hypothesis[J]. Chinese Journal of Sociology.

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