The relevancy of work ties in job hunting.

• Other Authors: Zhang, Jiabing.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Job hunting > Social aspects; Social networks
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5892850; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-325525

Zhang Jiabing. === Thesis submitted in: October 2005. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-50). === Abstracts in English and Chinese. === Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 === Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.1 === Chapter 1.2 --- Research questions --- p.1 === Chapter 1.3 --- Thesis organization --- p.2 === Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.4 === Chapter 2.1 --- Conceptualization of social ties --- p.4 === Chapter 2.2 --- Social ties in context --- p.7 === Chapter 2.3 --- Quality of job information --- p.8 === Chapter 2.4 --- Other dimensions of social ties --- p.12 === Chapter 2.5 --- Work ties and the relevancy of job information --- p.14 === Chapter Chapter 3 --- Data and methodology --- p.19 === Chapter 3.1 --- Analytical framework --- p.19 === Chapter 3.2 --- Data --- p.21 === Chapter 3.3 --- Variables --- p.22 === Chapter 3.4 --- Method --- p.25 === Chapter Chapter 4 --- Results --- p.27 === Chapter 4.1 --- Characteristics of work ties --- p.27 === Chapter 4.2 --- Why use work ties? --- p.30 === Chapter 4.3 --- The outcomes of using work ties --- p.39 === Chapter Chapter 5 --- Conclusion and Discussion --- p.44 === Bibliography --- p.48