努力或定居:在求职过程中,社会阶级的起源和工资目标的动态
Xuan Liu1, Le Zhou2, Abdifatah A Ali3
1Department of Management, Faculty of Business Administration, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The Journal of applied psychology
|November 13, 2025
概括
社会阶级对大学毕业生的工资目标产生重大影响. 来自较低社会阶层的人将他们的工资期望更多地与求职进展相调整,从而影响最终的报价.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 劳动经济学 劳动经济学
背景情况:
- 社会阶级的起源是个人的个人结果的关键决定因素.
- 求职文献强调了工资目标在就业中的作用.
- 了解社会经济背景对职业愿望的影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查社会阶级起源对大学毕业求职者工资目标设定的影响.
- 检查如何感知求职进展缓和社会阶级和工资目标之间的关系.
- 探索相互依赖的动机和家庭收入在这个过程中的作用.
主要方法:
- 两项纵向研究调查了中国大学毕业的求职者,每周进行3个月的调查.
- 使用个人内部分析对工资目标调整进行测试的假设.
- 探讨了社会阶级,相互依赖的动机,家庭收入和求职进展之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 来自较低社会阶级的求职者根据搜索进展调整了工资目标,与他们的上层阶级同行不同.
- 较低的社会阶级与更强的相互依赖的动机有关,加强了搜索进度与工资目标的联系.
- 更高的家庭收入与更好的资源获取相关,导致更高的感知进步和工资目标.
- 设定更高的工资目标底线导致了更高的工资就业机会.
结论:
- 社会阶级背景在很大程度上影响了在求职期间的工资预期和目标调整策略.
- 相互依赖的动机和资源获取调解了社会阶级对求职者的行为和结果的影响.
- 设定雄心勃勃的最低工资水平与确保高薪就业有积极的关联.
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