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abstract: 'Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of
social networks, and the social capital embedded in them, to secure
employment if someone had become unemployed after the age of 50 years
and to reveal the process of accessing and mobilising that social
capital.
Design/methodology/approach A case study of a Scottish labour market was
undertaken which involved an interview-based survey of those who became
unemployed in their early 50''s and tried to regain employment. The
interview had structured and unstructured parts which allowed both
quantitative and qualitative analysis to compare those who were
successful in regaining work with those who were not. The uniqueness of
the paper is the use of social network components while controlling for
other socio-economic and demographic variables in job search of older
workers.
Findings Those older people who were unemployed and, returned to
employment (reemployed) had a higher proportion of contacts with higher
prestige jobs, their job searching methods were mainly interpersonal and
the rate of finding their last job via their social networks was higher
than those who remained unemployed. Both groups mobilised social capital
(MSC), but those reemployed accessed higher quality social capital.
Strong ties, rather than weak ties, were found to be important in
accessing and mobilising social capital for the older workers who
returned to employment.
Research limitations/implications This work is limited to a local labour
market and is based on a small but informative sample. However, it does
show that policy is required to allow older people to enhance their
social networks by strengthening the social capital embedded in the
networks. The results support the use of intermediaries as bridges to
help compensate for older people who have weak social networks. Besides
the policy implications, the paper also has two distinct research
implications. First, the use of social network component to the existing
literature of older workers'' job search. Second, exploring the type and
relational strength with network members to explain older workers''
reemployment.
Practical implications The paper illustrates that how accessed and MSC
can be measured.
Social implications As populations age, this work points to an approach
to support older people to re-enter employment and to include them in
society.
Originality/value The paper extends social network and employment
literature to fill gaps on how older people require to both access and
mobilise social capital. The importance of strong ties in the
reemployment of older workers contrasts with much of the literature on
younger workers where the strength of weak ties so far has been regarded
as essential for successful job search. Measures are forwarded to reveal
the relevance of social capital. The policy value of the work is in
suggesting ways to facilitate older people re-enter or remain in work
and hence sustain their well-being.'
affiliation: 'Raeside, R (Corresponding Author), Heriot Watt Univ, Edinburgh Business
Sch, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
Gayen, Kaberi, Dartmouth Coll, Hanover, NH 03755 USA.
Gayen, Kaberi, Dhaka Univ, Dept Mass Commun \& Journalism, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Raeside, Robert, Heriot Watt Univ, Edinburgh Business Sch, Edinburgh, Midlothian,
Scotland.
McQuaid, Ronald, Univ Stirling, Dept Management Work \& Org, Stirling, Scotland.'
author: Gayen, Kaberi and Raeside, Robert and McQuaid, Ronald
author-email: r.raeside@hw.ac.uk
author_list:
- family: Gayen
given: Kaberi
- family: Raeside
given: Robert
- family: McQuaid
given: Ronald
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1108/IJSSP-07-2018-0111
eissn: 1758-6720
files: []
issn: 0144-333X
journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL POLICY
keywords: Employment; Social networks; Social capital; Older workers
keywords-plus: 'JOB SEARCH BEHAVIOR; LABOR-MARKET; WORKING LIVES; EMPLOYERS ATTITUDES;
COMMON STEREOTYPES; AGE STEREOTYPES; WEAK TIES; INFORMATION; RETIREMENT;
BARRIERS'
language: English
number: 5-6
number-of-cited-references: '72'
orcid-numbers: 'McQuaid, Ronald/0000-0002-5342-7097
Gayen, Kaberi/0000-0001-5862-1297'
pages: 356-375
papis_id: 1085c15334adc7fb1d099de18aae6d91
ref: Gayen2019socialnetworks
researcherid-numbers: 'Gayen, Kaberi/AAH-6857-2021
McQuaid, Ronald/K-6219-2012
'
times-cited: '12'
title: 'Social networks, accessed and mobilised social capital and the employment
status of older workers: A case study'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000470923000002
usage-count-last-180-days: '5'
usage-count-since-2013: '36'
volume: '39'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2019'