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Social Capital and Chinese Higher Education Graduates’ Employments: An Empirical Study in Shanxi Province

Authors
Guotong Liu1, *, Zilong Guo2
1Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2The Centre for Macau Studies, The University of Macau, Macau, China
*Corresponding author. Email: gtliu@link.cuhk.edu.hk
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Guotong Liu
Available Online 16 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-45-9_113How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Social capital; Higher education graduates; Employment; Position Generator
Abstract

With the continuous expansion of the enrolment scale of Chinese colleges and universities, higher education graduates are facing great employment challenges. China has always been a “society of human relationship”, and the role of social capital in employment cannot be ignored. In order to explore the effects of social capital on the employment of Chinese higher education graduates, this study first reviews the theory of social capital and its application in employment. It investigates the social capital of 123 higher education graduates in Shanxi Province, China, and the method of “position generator” is used to measure graduates’ social capital. Through multiple linear review and binary logistic regression to analyse the data, the study draws the following two conclusions: (1) the occupational prestige of higher education graduates’ parents and the occupation range of their families’ friends will have a significant impact on the graduates’ personal occupational prestige. (2) when the parents of higher education graduates have higher occupation prestige, graduates are more likely to use their social capital to find occupation information. Finally, this research provides some insights for future studies.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 2nd International Conference on Modern Educational Technology and Social Sciences (ICMETSS 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
16 December 2022
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10.2991/978-2-494069-45-9_113
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2352-5398
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10.2991/978-2-494069-45-9_113How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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