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Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2013 [©2013.]

1 online resource (665 pages)

Englisch

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978-1-78190-540-1

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LOC-SH: Labor market ; Labor supply ; Industrial relations ; Labor -- Social aspects ; Industrial sociology

Industrial relations ; Industrial sociology ; Labor ; Social aspects ; Labor market ; Labor supply ; Electronic books

This volume illuminates the processes by which social networks in work organizations can effectively generate, sustain and ameliorate social inequalities across individuals, firms and occupational fields. It offers valuable insights that inform researchers and policy makers regarding issues of workplace discrimination, diversity and innovation.

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FRONT COVER -- NETWORKS, WORK AND INEQUALITY -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- FRONTIERS OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON NETWORKS, WORK, AND INEQUALITY -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL INNOVATIONS -- METHODOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS -- NETWORKS AND HIRING -- NETWORKS AND THE LABOR PROCESS -- NETWORKS AND WORK-RELATED OUTCOMES -- NETWORKS AND INSTITUTIONAL DYNAMICS -- CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE VOLUME -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- PART I: NETWORKS AND HIRING -- WHAT MIGHT A LABOR MARKET LOOK LIKE? -- INTRODUCTION -- MOTIVATION -- PRIOR LITERATURE -- A NETWORK APPROACH TO LABOR MARKETS -- LABOR MARKET SIGNALS AND WORKPLACE WAGE SETTING -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- RACE, NETWORK HIRING, AND STATISTICAL DISCRIMINATION -- INTRODUCTION -- DISCRIMINATION, INFORMATION, AND NETWORKS IN THE LABOR MARKET -- DATA AND SETTING -- ANALYSIS -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- SOCIAL NETWORKS, JOB SEARCH, AND JOB EARNINGS IN A TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY: AN INSTITUTIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS ARGUMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGING ROLES OF SOCIAL NETWORKS IN URBAN CHINA -- DATA AND METHOD -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- PART II: NETWORKS AND THE LABOR PROCESS -- CONSENT AND THE SUBJECTIVE WORLD OF THE WORKER -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF THE CONSENT DEAL -- METHODS AND DATA -- ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUAL SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE VARIABLES -- ANALYSIS OF SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE LATENT FACTOR -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A.1: DEFINITIONS OF VARIABLES -- THE NETWORK-ORGANIZED LABOR PROCESS: CONTROL AND AUTONOMY IN WEB PRODUCTION WORK -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPTUALIZING LABOR CONTROL -- RESEARCH METHODS -- THE CASE AND DATA.