SOCIOL 1C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: World Trade Organization, Social Forces, Likert Scale
5 Feb 2018
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Social structures: "stable patterns of social relations" (brym: micro structures: patterns of intimate social relations with people in your social circle, ex: mark granouetter study: Found that people are more likely to find jobs through acquaintances, not through close families. Family has limited pool of info that is shared. Acquaintances will likely have new info on possible jobs. In 1973 (when he did study), jobs were found using paper cv"s and face to face meeting: now many small companies use word of mouth. "aging and working in the new economy" - study that prof helped with. Looked at small and medium it companies, found they hired by word of mouth and by asking for recommendations from employees. Large group of young, male, white employees recommended similar friends = less workplace diversity: macro structures: relations outside of intimate circles, class, religion, gender, ex: gender inequalities - women do more unpaid labour (ex.
