A Network Analysis of the Romanian Higher Education Graduates’ Intra-generational Mobility

• Authors: Eliza-Olivia Lungu , Ana Maria Zamfir , Cristina Mocanu
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We explore the early career mobility of the Romanian higher education graduates using the network analysis approach. The nodes are represented by occupations (3 digits groups according to ISCO 88), while the links represent movements of individuals from one job to another. A job change is defined as an experience of inter-organisational mobility. The network is constructed as a weighted and directed one with self-loops. Considering that the occupations are related to each other via transferable skills, we visualize paths of mobility and calculate network indicators in order to understand models of connectivity between occupations. Exploiting a dataset on working histories of higher education graduates from Romania during their early career, we provide a novel evidence on the fact that individuals move according to certain career pathways and that the entrance occupation influence their subsequent career.

Keywords

EN

communities; inter-organisational mobility; network motifs; occupational mobility network

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: International Review of Social Research
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 39-51

Dates

published

2013-10-01

online

2015-05-06

Contributors

author

Eliza-Olivia Lungu

• National Research Institute for Labour and Social Protection, Romania

author

Ana Maria Zamfir

• National Research Institute for Labour and Social Protection, Romania

author

Cristina Mocanu

• National Research Institute for Labour and Social Protection, Romania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/irsr-2013-0020