Linking Welfare Clients to Jobs
Discretionary Use of Worker Social Capital
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11344265 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michelle Livermore (The Ohio State University, corresponding author), Alison Neustrom (The Ohio State University) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2003-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0191-5096 • E-ISSN: 0191-5096 |
| Publisher | WMU Department of Occupational Therapy (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15453/0191-5096.2896 |
| OpenAlex | W1511709921 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 24 |
The overarching theme of the 1996 welfare reform law was to move clients from dependency to self-sufficiency by facilitating their entry into the labor market. While numerous mechanisms were used to do this, this study explores discretionary actions taken by workers to help clients find jobs, namely, tapping into their own social capital. Respondents in one urban and one rural county in a southern state reported using their own social capital to get information regarding job openings and to exert influence to get clients hired. Notably, respondents at all levels of the bureaucracy expected this behavior to occur. Both the positive and negative aspects of social capital emerged as points of discussion in the rural county. Potential benefits and risks of worker social capital use are discussed as are future research directions and implications
Bureaucracy · Business · Capital (architecture · Economic growth · Economics · Labour economics · Market economy · Political science · Public economics · Social capital · Social Welfare · Sociology · Welfare · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Social Work
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Correlates of Employment Among Welfare Recipients
Inside the Welfare Contract
The Structural Impediments to Human Service Collaboration
Child Care, Maternal Employment, and Public Policy
Looking Once Again at Human Service Bureaucracy
Social Resources and Strength of Ties
Revisiting the Rural-Urban Contrast
Poverty and Social Context in Remote Rural Communities1
Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2021 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |