Social capital and job search success: The case of undergraduates in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Authors

  • Nguyen Van Phuc
    Ministry of Education and Training, Vietnam, Viet Nam
  • Nguyen Le Hoang Thuy To Quyen
    Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Vietnam, Viet Nam

DOI:

10.46223/HCMCOUJS.econ.en.8.2.160.2018

Keywords:

job satisfaction; job search convenience; job search cost; PLS-SEM; social capital

Abstract

The literature has proven the positive role of social capital on job search success, but the researchers' community has not been convinced completely because social capital is not always good. Moreover, only certain dimensions of the two latent variables were analyzed in the previous research though they are multidimensional. This paper approached the social capital and job search success multidimensionally by applying Partial Least Square - Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) to explore the path that social capital impacts on job search success. The primary data of 400 undergraduates in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam were used in the model. The results have confirmed the positive role of bonding social capital and general trust in acquired job quality, job search cost and job search convenience.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Anh, L., & Hayden, M. (2017). The road ahead for the higher education sector in Vietnam. Journal of International and Comparative Education, 6(2), 77-89. doi:10.14425/jice.2017.6.2.77

Bourdieu, P. (1986). The form of capital. In J. G. Richardson (Eds.), Handbook of theory and research for the sociology of education (pp. 241-58). Westport, CT: Greenwood.

Brasher, E. E., & Chen, P. Y. (1999). Evaluation of success criteria in job search: A process perspective. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 72(1), 57-70. doi:10.1348/096317999166491

Burt, R. S. (2001). Structural holes versus network closure as social capital. In N. Lin, K. Cook, & R. Burt (Eds.), Social capital: Theory and research (pp. 31-56). New York, NY: Aldine de Gruyter.

Chen, H., & Meng, T. (2015). Bonding, bridging, and linking social capital and self-rated health among Chinese adults: Use of the anchoring vignettes technique. PloS one, 10(11), e0142300. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142300

Downloads

Received: 14-04-2020
Accepted: 14-04-2020
Published: 02-10-2018

Statistics Views

Abstract: 821
PDF: 443
Crossref
Scopus
Google Scholar
Europe PMC

How to Cite

Phuc, N. V., & Quyen, N. L. H. T. T. (2018). Social capital and job search success: The case of undergraduates in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE - ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, 8(2), 3–14. https://doi.org/10.46223/HCMCOUJS.econ.en.8.2.160.2018

License

Copyright (c) 2018 Nguyen Van Phuc; Nguyen Le Hoang Thuy To Quyen

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.