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标题：Does the Use of Social Network Sites and Mobile Phones Promote the Acquisition of Job- Related Information, Job Mobility and Entrepreneurship in Asia?
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作者：Marko M. Skoric ; Pan Ji ; Wayne Wei-Jen Fu 等
期刊名称：Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
电子版ISSN：2383-9449
出版年度：2015
卷号：14
期号：1
页码：5-22
DOI：10.17477/jcea.2015.14.1.005
语种：English
出版社：World Association for Triple Helix and Future Strategy Studies
摘要：This study examines how different uses of social network sites (SNS) and mobile phones (MP) to communicate with friends and business associates are related to the acquisition of job-related information, job mobility, and entrepreneurial intentions, using social capital as its main theoretical lens. To this end, a nationally representative, random digit dialing (RDD) survey was conducted in Singapore. Path analyses show that SNS interactions with friends are positively related to both bonding and bridging social capital. The former is linked with greater job mobili- ty, the latter with entrepreneurship, and both are associated with more job-related information. SNS interactions with business contacts are directly positively related to job-related information and entrepreneurship. For mobile phones, interactions with friends are positively related to social capital, job information and entrepreneurship. Professional networking is associated with more bridging social capital, job information and job mobility. Bonding capital is found to be linked with greater job mobility, while bridging capital has a positive relationship with both entrepreneurship and job mobility.