Informal social capital building in local employment services : its role in the labour market integration of disadvantaged young people
Rodriguez, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Centre d'Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball (QUIT))
Verd Pericàs, Joan Miquel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Centre d'Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball (QUIT))

Imprint:	Wiley-Blackwell, 2023
Description:	21 pàg.
Abstract:	This article focuses on the role that local employment services (LES) play in informal social capital building for young people with a disadvantaged social background. The personal networks of these young people usually embed few useful resources for labour market integration, and LES actions may be an opportunity to informally build a network of contacts with better resources. To explore this possibility, biographical interviews were conducted with 24 young adults who used LES actions, and their employment trajectories were analysed. The findings highlight that these actions-especially those consisting of training or internships-provide social capital that is useful for labour market (re)integration. Linking social capital is the type of social capital that is most useful for job seeking, and it is especially effective in non-metropolitan rural areas.
Grants:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2018/AJOVE00006
Note:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
Rights:	Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Biographical interviews ; Disadvantaged youth ; Job seeking ; Local employment services ; Social capital ; Young adults
Published in:	Social Policy and Administration, (2023) , p.1-21, ISSN 1467-9515

DOI: 10.1111/spol.12900

21 p, 1.6 MB

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