社会网络环境下工作搜寻行为实验研究

Role of social network on job search behavior:An experimental study

在工作搜寻研究领域的文献中,理论模型的研究非常丰富,但对理论模型的实证检验研究相对较少.本文在经典工作搜寻理论的基础上,考虑将社会网络这一因素纳入到模型当中,采用实验的方法对社会网络影响工作搜寻者个体行为的作用机理进行了研究.研究结果证实,社会网络作为工作搜寻过程获得相关信息的一种渠道,会对个体行为产生显著的影响.在有社会网络资源可用的情景下,搜寻者个体的期望工资水平会有显著的提高,同时个体在劳动力市场上的停留时间会显著的缩短,该结论支持了社会网络对于个体择业过程以及劳动力市场效率的正向影响作用.

Previous studies on job search are mostly focused on the theoretical models rather than the empirical studies. This paper contributes to the empirical research in the area of job search, by using its classical models and identifing the effect of social network on the job search. An experimental study is conducted to examine whether the social network, which is used to gain information, has a significant influence on the searcher＇s behavior. The hypotheses formulated are that the availability of social network will significantly increase the expected wage of job searchers and will shorten the duration of searching in labor market. The findings confirm that the social network do have positive effect on the searching process and increases the efficiency of the labor market.