3: Background

Question 1

Extension of classical status-attainment

Answer 1

o Influence of personal resources
o Such as the positions of the family of origin (status position father and/or mother)
o As well as own education
o On the status position attained

Question 2

• Homophily principle

Answer 2

Frequent interactions between people with similar characteristics = strong tie

Question 3

• Prestige principle

Answer 3

people tend to seek interactions with other who occupy higher status positions

Question 4

Ceiling effect

Answer 4

More difficult to climb at higher parts of the pyramid

Question 5

Traditional status attainment model:

Answer 5

• Own education important for first job
• Strength of ties is less important

Question 6

Lin (1999) Social resources theory

Answer 6

o New is: access to social resources = accessed by social capital
o Use of social resources: mobilized social capital
- Both components depend on the structural as well as individual characteristics

Question 7

Name generator

Answer 7

with whom does ego maintain relationships, on what topics and how intimate are those relationships?

Question 8

Position generator

Answer 8

= with what types of occupations does ego maintain relationships and what is the nature of those relationships?

Question 9

Social capital (lin)

Answer 9

the resources of those relations, plus other characteristics

Question 10

Core propositions Lin

Answer 10

• Social resources proposition = the higher the status of the contact person one has access to, the higher the occupational status attained
  o In other words: the effectiveness of instrumental actions for one’s own occupational status (attainment) is associated with the social resources one can access
• Strength of position proposition = the higher a person’s starting positions (parental resources), the greater that persons access to social resources will be = homogeneity
• Strength of ties proposition = via weak ties, better social resources can be accessed than via strong ties