We raise two challenges concerning the validity of arguments underlying Granovetter's
strength of weak ties (SWT) thesis:(a) whether weak ties are actually bridges, ie, they help …

Employee referral hiring, an organization's use of current employees' social networks
(referrers) to fill job openings with new hires (referred workers), is a popular organization …

Over the past decade social capital has matured from a concept into a field of research. We
identify some of the main theoretical developments over this period and point to some areas …

Racial disparities persist throughout the employment process, with African Americans
experiencing significant barriers compared to whites. This article advances the …

While most research explaining the persistence of gender inequality has focused on how
decision makers' own biases perpetuate inequities, a growing body of work points to …

Using selection-and adaptation-based logic, we develop a dynamic matching model to
describe how employees are matched with positions to enhance human capital-based value …

We welcome this opportunity to revisit “Measuring Tie Strength”(Marsden an d Campbell
1984) in light of more recent social network studies. When we wrote our article, the field of …

Whereas informal job search (ie, using personal contacts for job search) is positively
associated with the receipt of job offers, research has yet to consider the extent to which …

In 2018, a staggering 38 million Americans, about one in every nine, faced income poverty.
Seventeen million of them experienced deep or extreme poverty, defined as a household …

Despite extensive research on the role of 'personal'capital on labour market transitions, little
is known about how those with elite credentials use networks and connection to improve …