Getting Beyond the Training vs. Work Experience Debate: The Role of Labor Markets, Social Capital, Cultural Capital, and Community Resources in Long-Term Poverty

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 41-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Anne Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Labor Markets ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Community Resources

scholarly journals The influence of intangible forms of capital on farms 

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (No. 6) ◽  
pp. 251-262
Author(s):  
M. Lošťák
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Types Of Knowledge

Intangible issues, which are often very difficult to be quantified become more and more the field of interest of social sciences. There are many research works demonstrating that various types of knowledge, institutions, social networks, and social relations have a great influence on human activities as for efficient achievement of the actors’ goals. This paper relates expert knowledge (shaping professional qualification) to human capital and tacit knowledge (understood as a broader, general, and contextual knowledge) to cultural capital. Both forms of capital exist in their primary form only in concrete individual persons. Concerning collective persons (firm, community), cultural and human capitals are transformed into intellectual capital. Work with specific knowledge, tacit knowledge and capitals corresponding to them shows the role of social networks and social capital in their organization. Using the analysis of two farms based on natural experiment, the paper demonstrates the role of tacit knowledge and cultural capital (opposing to the overestimated role of expert knowledge and human capital). The conclusions outline social determination of both types of knowledge through social networks and social capital needed for an efficient work of a farm. 

Social Capital: Recent Debates and Research Trends

2003 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frane Adam ◽  
Borut Rončević
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Recent Discussion ◽  
Conceptual Innovation ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Developmental Role

The aim of this article is not only to provide an overview of the state of recent discussion about the concept of social capital, it is also an attempt at critical reflection on theoretical and empirical research efforts. The question is whether the concept of social capital is a fashionable (and short-lived) term proposed as a cure-all for the maladies affecting contemporary communities, organizations and societies as a whole or whether it has more long-term strategic - theoretical as well as applicable - meaning for sociology and other social-science disciplines. Despite the deficiencies of the recent research findings, we argue that the latter is true. The concept represents a very important conceptual innovation which can facilitate the theoretical integration within sociology and the inter- and trans-disciplinary collaboration of sociology and other disciplines, especially economics. The article emphasizes the problems of reception, definition and operationalization, and the developmental role of social capital.

scholarly journals Determinants of Micro-Enterprise Success through Microfinance Institutions: A Capital Mix and Previous Work Experience

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 803-823
Author(s):  
Waseem Ul Hameed ◽  
Hisham Bin Mohammad ◽  
Hanita Binti Kadir Shahar
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Financial Capital ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Capital Social ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
Enterprise Success

The prime objective of the study is to highlight the role of the capital mix (financial capital, social capital, human capital) on women micro-enterprise success with moderating role of previous work experience. Women owned micro-enterprise success is less as compared to the male owned micro-enterprsie, particularly in Pakistan. Rate of faliure in women micro-enterpeise is more, that is the reason women community is one of the most vulnerable group worldwide. It is evident from literature that less attention has been paid to highlight the importance of three types of capital for women micro-enterprise. To adress this issue, the current study adopted quantitative research approach and based on cross-sectional research design. Primary data was collected by using 5-point Likert scale. Questionnaires were distributed among the owners of women micro-enterprise in Pakistan by using area cluster sampling. SmartPLS 3 was used to analyze the data. It is found that financial capital, social capital and human capital has significant positive relationship with women micro-enterprise success and previous work experience moderates the relationship. Hence, this study contributed by developing a unique framework for women micro-enterprise success. It will be beneficial for practitioners to enhance women micro-enterprise success rate.

The Origins of the Protest Movement Against Ethnic Hierarchy

2018 ◽  
pp. 111-128
Author(s):  
Gilles Riaux
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Political System ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Resource Mobilization ◽  
The Political ◽  
Middle Classes ◽  
Revolutionary Period

This chapter looks at the central role of entrepreneurs of mobilization. The study of different routes taken by entrepreneurs of the Azerbaijani cause has proven helpful when attempting to understand the genesis of the cause. These actors play a crucial role in the initiation and development of the movement, restructuring it throughout the revolutionary period and working toward the subversion of ethnic ranking. Indeed, resource mobilization highlights the decisive role played by intellectual figures from the educated middle classes. Based on their cultural and social capital, these entrepreneurs have specific resources that give them the ability to carry out a redefinition and enhancement of “turkishness” in its Azerbaijani specificity. The chapter then points out that Azeri elites with significant cultural capital tend to be integrated in the political system, whereas those with more “local” capital have been involved in setting up the Azeri rights movement.

scholarly journals Do Employers Use Unemployment as a Sorting Criterion When Hiring? Evidence from a Field Experiment

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 1014-1039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Eriksson ◽  
Dan-Olof Rooth
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Labor Markets ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Subsequent Work ◽  
The Past ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Unemployment Spells ◽  
Negative Signal

The stigma associated with long-term unemployment spells could create large inefficiencies in labor markets. While the existing literature points toward large stigma effects, it has proven difficult to estimate causal relationships. Using data from a field experiment, we find that long-term unemployment spells in the past do not matter for employers' hiring decisions, suggesting that subsequent work experience eliminates this negative signal. Nor do employers treat contemporary short-term unemployment spells differently, suggesting that they understand that worker/firm matching takes time. However, employers attach a negative value to contemporary unemployment spells lasting at least nine months, providing evidence of stigma effects. (JEL E24, J23, J64, J71)

scholarly journals Między reprodukcją a zmianą systemową. Czasopisma literackie w społecznym systemie literatury

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 73-87
Author(s):  
Tomasz Burzyński
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Social System ◽  
Specific Kind ◽  
Francis Fukuyama ◽  
The Social ◽  
Literary Periodicals ◽  
Cultural Processes ◽  
Morphogenetic Change

The article aims to outline the role of literary periodicals in the social system of literature from a perspective of processes that take part in the accumulation of both cultural capital and social capital. In this sense, the paper is an attempt to incorporate a sociological perspective into the theory of literature in order to provide a more informed view on social and cultural processes that are mediated by literary periodicals of diversified kind. By referring to the notions of embodied and institutional cultural capital (Pierre Bourdieu) as well as social capital (Robert D. Putnam, Francis Fukuyama), the paper examines the dialectic of system reproduction and morphogenetic change in terms of processes that organize the functioning of literature conceived of a specific kind of social system.

scholarly journals Acting Career and its Determinants in the Social World of Professional Theater in Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-69
Author(s):  
Emilia Zimnica-Kuzioła
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Social World ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relevant Role

The article is an attempt to answer the question about factors affecting the trajectory of an acting career. The author confronts the objective dimensions of a career with a subjective concept of success, clarified by the participants of the social world of theater themselves. The empirical basis of the work are free interviews conducted by the author with actors of Polish public drama theaters (in 2015–2017) and journalistic interviews with theater artists published in books and popular monthly magazines in the last two decades of the 21st century. All sources were subjected to qualitative content analysis. It shows that in addition to talent, which is the basis of an acting career, hard work is also important. The actors pay attention to personality aspects – charismatic people with a natural ability to attract attention have a greater chance of success. The cultural capital of the stage artist and social capital (the relevant role of linking artistic careers) are not without significance for the course of the acting career. Actors also say a lot about coincidence of events, but it is worth remembering that “you have to be good to be lucky”, you have to be more motivated and determined. The author also tries to answer questions whether awards actuate the course of acting career and whether migrations are an opportunity for creative progression.

scholarly journals Model CSR dalam Penguatan Modal Sosial dan Peran Kelembagaan Masyarakat

Akuntabilitas ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-118
Author(s):  
S. Suwandi ◽  
S. Sukaris ◽  
Abdurahman Faris
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
National Development ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Community Capacity ◽  
Community Institutions ◽  
Community Institution ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
Corporate Social

The issue of community independence is the central theme of national development which is the responsibility of all elements of the nation, including government, the private sector and any organization. Viewed from the government's point of view, this is clearly seen from the partisanship of empowerment policies and development through village funds that are very adequate to reach a developed and empowered village. The implementation or practice of corporate social responsibility has a direct influence on the role of community institutions and the role of community institutions directly influences the strengthening of community social capital. This community institution directly influences the improvement of community welfare and CSR programs must be able to increase community capacity for long-term activities (sustainable). The company must continue to encourage program recipients to have responsibility and ownership of the program implemented in order to strengthen social capital and the Company must implement a more concrete CSR program in increasing income economically because it is the main goal in the concept triple bottom CSR.

scholarly journals Selective approaches to regulation of long-term migration in the Russian Federation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
pp. 188-197
Author(s):  
Svetlana Lampadova
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Effective System ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Economic Needs ◽  
Different Levels

The number of foreign citizens that a country can admit without negative consequences for its economy in general and its labor market in particular, as well as for the socio-political situation, is limited and individual for each country. In this regard, states legislations in addition to the existing conditions set quotas. The purpose of the quota is to quantitatively limit the influx of foreign nationals into a country based on its socio-economic needs and capabilities in a given period. The quota is spent in order of priority without any differentiation and is a restrictive rather than a selection mechanism for ensuring a state’s migration policy. Most often, the selection approach is mentioned in the legislations regulating labor and, in the first place, skilled migration. Only in the context of this subspecies of migration, it is possible to talk of the inequality of candidates based on the different levels of their professional competence and capacity for adaptation to the host country social environment. In the context of skilled labor migration, the role of education, work experience and the ability to communicate freely in the host state language increase significantly. This type of migration is voluntary and aims at mutual satisfaction of the needs of a state in strengthening its economy with highly professional labor force and the needs of foreign citizens in getting the best conditions for realizing their potential. The laws of the market economy shape it. A state possessing the «demand» must, in order to best ensure its own socio-economic needs, build an effective system of evaluation of the «supply» by foreign citizens.

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