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| Author: | Bian, Y. |
| Title: | Bringing strong ties back in: indirect ties, network bridges, and job searches in China |
| Journal: | American Sociological Review
1997 : JUN, VOL. 62:3, p. 366-385 |
| Index terms: | SOCIOLOGY CHINA JOB SEARCH |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The author finds that in China personal networks are used to influence authorities who in turn assign jobs as favors to their contacts, which is a type of anauthorized activity facilitated by strong ties characterized by trust and obligation. In a 1988 survey in Taiwan, the author finds that jobs are acquired through strong ties more frequently than through weak ties; both direct and indirect ties are used to obtain help from job-assigning authorities; job-seekers and and their ultimate helpers are indirectly connected through intermediaries to whom both are strongly tied. |
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