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Relatability as a Racialised Construct in Corporate Graduate Recruitment: Revealing a Hidden Mechanism of Labour Market Exclusion for Black African Youth in South Africa

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In corporate graduate recruitment worldwide, candidates are often assessed not only on competence but on whether they are deemed relatable. This study theorises relatability as a racialised cultural–affective filter that covertly sustains inequality. Drawing on qualitative interviews, we identify five interlinked processes of self‐presentation,
Sifiso Mthembu, Kurt April, Cihat Erbil, Mustafa F. Özbilgin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Applying Within-Family Differences Approaches to Enhance Understanding of the Complexity of Intergenerational Relations. [PDF]

J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 2017
Suitor JJ, Gilligan M, Pillemer K, Fingerman KL, Kim K, Silverstein M, Bengtson VL.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Intergenerational family constellations in contemporary Europe [PDF]

Demographic research has drawn attention to the multiple ways in which changes in mortality and childbearing have produced major shifts in intergenerational family structures. The aim of this article is to contribute to this body of research by analysing
Luule Sakkeus, Anne Herm, Allan Puur, Asta Põldma   +3 more
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Unequal Family Ties, Wealth Transmission and Social Mobility Among Congolese Traders in Kinshasa

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic fieldwork among Congolese traders operating in Kinshasa's urban economy, this article examines how differentiated family ties and wealth transmission shape social mobility and the intergenerational reproduction of inequality. We show that family support is neither uniform nor equally productive: its effects depend on both
Héritier Mesa, Joël Noret
wiley   +1 more source

How important is cultural background for the level of intergenerational mobility? [PDF]

Using results on brother correlations of different groups of second generation immigrants based on administrative data from Denmark, this note analyzes the role of cultural background in the determination of the level of intergenerational mobility.
Schnitzlein, Daniel D.
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Class Ruptures and Openings: The Role of Social and Family History in Narratives on Class Mobility and Reproduction

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, sociological interest in the study of social class—particularly its subjective dimensions—has intensified. This article contributes to this growing body of literature by focusing on Poland as a case within the Central and Eastern European region.
Justyna Kajta, Stefan Bieńkowski
wiley   +1 more source

Intergenerational Mobility and the Informative Content of Surnames [PDF]

We propose an alternative method for measuring intergenerational mobility. Traditional methods based on panel data provide measurements that are scarce, difficult to compare across countries and almost impossible to get across time.
Maia Güell, José V. Rodríguez Mora, Chris Telmer   +2 more
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The Sociogenomics of Social Stratification and General Theories of Inequality

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The field of the sociogenomics of inequalities would benefit from discussing what its findings and ambitions mean for core theories of social stratification and mobility. Do sociologists need to reconsider their critique to structural‐functionalist theory of stratification, and its neo‐classical economic allies, that emphasise efficient ...
Herman G. van de Werfhorst
wiley   +1 more source

Intergenerational relations in an aging world [PDF]

European Journal of Ageing, 2005
openaire   +2 more sources