Informal Search and Job Opportunities among Secondary-School Leavers in Hungary

Tamás Bartus

doi:10.1556/revsoc.9.2003.2.1

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Review of Sociology

Volume/Issue:: Volume 9: Issue 2

Informal Search and Job Opportunities among Secondary-School Leavers in Hungary

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Tamás Bartus

Tamás Bartus Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Budapest University of Economic Sciences and PA Budapest, Fővám tér 8. H-1093

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Pages:: 5–26

Online Publication Date:: 22 Jul 2005

Publication Date:: 01 Dec 2003

Article Category:: Journal Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1556/revsoc.9.2003.2.1

Keywords:: labor market; labor market; Social networks; social resources theory.

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This paper addresses two questions: (1) Do informal job searchers find good jobs in Hungary? (2) Do social resources theory and the theory of employee referrals explain the conditions under which informal job searchers find good jobs? The questions are examined using a rather unique data set, which was collected among people who completed secondary vocational education in 1998. It is found that the use of informal methods in itself rarely promotes one's chances of finding a good job. Rather, good jobs can be accessed through either high status contacts or employee referrals. These findings are consistent with both social resources theory and the theory of employee referrals.

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Review of Sociology

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Online ISSN:: 1588-2845

Review of Sociology
Language	English
Year of Foundation	2000
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