Navigation auf uzh.ch

Suche

Soziologisches Institut

New study: «The socio-organisational embeddedness of work-life mobility» by Per Block and Jan O. Jonsson

https://uzh.ch/de.html

The next job in individuals’ careers is not so much determined by their concrete skills or abstract human capital – but by who they know and the type and industry of their current workplace. A recent study by Per Block (Zurich) and Jan O. Jonsson (Oxford) suggests that social networks and job ladders within and between organisations provide the opportunities needed for job mobility – and that these are more powerful than classical explanations, such as social class or skills.

Read the full study here:
Block, Per, and Jan O. Jonsson. 2025. ‘The Socio-Organisational Embeddedness of Work-Life Mobility’. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 97 (June):101032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2025.101032.

Weiterführende Informationen

About

Mehr zu About

Per Block is an SNSF Eccellenza Professor at the Department of Sociology. His research area is the Sociology of Networks with a focus on structural patterns that represent the interdependence of different observations, as well as the development of new methodology and furthering our understanding of the current statistical network toolbox.

Jan O. Jonsson

Mehr zu Jan O. Jonsson

Jan O. Jonsson is a fellow at Nuffield College (University of Oxford) and researches social stratification, such as studies of intergenerational processes and inequality in opportunity and in living conditions.

Instagram Linkedin

Zurück zur News-Übersicht

Unterseiten