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Rethinking the role of personal connections in the Russian labor market

Getting a job as a law graduate in Russia

Bibliographic Data

ID6357828
AuthorsKathryn Hendley (0000-0003-0027-9235, Law School and Department of Political Science, USA and International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume37
Issue3
Pages242-260
Publication date2021-05-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePost-Soviet Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1060-586X • E-ISSN: 1938-2855
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1060586x.2021.1874768
OpenAlexW3122860348
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited21

This article explores the entry-level legal job market based on a survey of graduating full-time Russian law students fielded in 2016. The findings contradict the prevailing assumptions about the post-Soviet labor market that connections trump experience. They show that law-graduate-respondents placed little value on the contacts of friends and family. Regression analysis confirms that personal self-confidence and experience are much stronger predictors of success on the job market

Economics · Graduate students · Job market · Labour economics · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Work (physics · Engineering · Law · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Psychology

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Citations per year1
Citation span2023 - 2026 (4)
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