The Relative Effectiveness of Alternative Job Sources

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

2-1980

Publisher

Elsevier

Source Publication

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Source ISSN

0001-8791

Abstract

Vocational research has focused on the occupational choice process and the individual's adjustment to work. Very little research has examined the job search process in which the individual must engage in order to implement occupational choices. This study examines one dimension of the job search process: the relationship between job source and subsequent work experiences. The data reveal that when the respondents initially entered the labor market, those relying on formal job sources tended to work in higher-level occupations and in jobs more closely related to their training than their counterparts who used other job sources. In the longer run, the labor market advantages associated with the use of formal job sources dissipated for the engineering majors but tended to persist for the business alumni.

Comments

Journal of Vocational Behavior, Vol. 16, No. 1 (February 1980): 18-32. DOI.

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