The Strength of Native Ties
Social Networks of Finnish Immigrants in Estonia; Pp. 421–440
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20205895 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heli Hyvönen (University of Helsinki, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 421-440 |
| Publication date | 2008-11-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Trames Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1406-0922 • E-ISSN: 1736-7514 |
| Publisher | Estonian Academy Publishers (PUBLISHER • EE) |
| DOI | 10.3176/tr.2008.4.04 |
| OpenAlex | W2120584841 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 14 |
This article, which is based on 24 in-depth interviews conducted in 2005 with Finnish immigrant women in Estonia, analyzes immigrant acculturation in relation to cross-border contacts. I compared weak and strong social ties of two groups: respondents who were living in a Finnish â enclaveâ separated from Estonian society, and respondents who were socially and institutionally integrated into Estonian society. Surprisingly, there was no notable difference in the type and frequency of inter-personal contacts maintained with Finland between the two groups; most interviewees sustained intense inter-personal contacts with family and friends by phone, the Internet and through reciprocal visits. So-called weak ties that bind together rarely interacting people played a major role in the respondentâ s integration into the host society. Those women who had no social contacts within Estonian society preferred to use health-care and social welfare services in Finland, whereas the integrated women had established multiple institutional ties to Estonian society
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2018 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |