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Author: Tolbert, Charles M., II
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1. Tolbert, Charles M., II
Industrial Segmentation and Men's Career Mobility
American Sociological Review 47,4 (August 1982): 457-477.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2095192
Cohort(s): Older Men
Publisher: American Sociological Association
Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Dual Economic Theory; Industrial Sector; Mobility; Mobility, Job

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Despite the increasing acknowledgement of the new structuralism in social stratification research, important issues and assumptions remain to be examined. The present research employs the industrial segmentation version of the new structuralism to evaluate the neglected hypothesis that industrial sectors constrain career mobility. A conventional mobility analysis is employed to study men's occupational mobility within and between oligopolistic and competitive industrial sectors. Results of the analysis suggest that the influence of industrial sectors is most apparent in late career mobility patterns where sectors appear to be relatively impermeable barriers to mobility. The effect of industrial sectors on earlier intragenerational mobility is also evident in the analysis. During the early career, certain origins appear to facilitate intersectoral mobility while others clearly constrain such mobility. The results suggest that the augmentation of analyses with information on industrial segmentation aids in interpreting observed mobility patterns. Moreover, the findings indicate that there is some substance to the immobility theme implicit in the new structuralist literature.
Bibliography Citation
Tolbert, Charles M., II. "Industrial Segmentation and Men's Career Mobility." American Sociological Review 47,4 (August 1982): 457-477.
2. Tolbert, Charles M., II
Occupational Mobility in a Dual Economy
Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Georgia, 1980
Cohort(s): Older Men
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mobility; Mobility, Job

One important assumption of economic segmentation theory requires that mobility between economic sectors be constrained. The present research employs a major variant of these theories--dual economy theory--in an analysis of occupational mobility. Career mobility patterns within core (oligopolistic) and periphery (competitive) economic sectors are examined with conventional occupational mobility tables and nonmetric multidimensional scaling. Results of this analysis appear to indicate greater within-sector than between-sector mobility. Similar trends are evident in an analysis of intergenerational occupational mobility as sons tend to begin their careers and to continue to work in the same economic sectors as their fathers. Further analysis suggests that the influence of economic sectors on occupational mobility cannot be reduced to individual levels of human capital. It is concluded that our understanding of mobility could be enhanced through a reorientation of contemporary individualistically-oriented theory and policy that takes account of dimensions of the social organization of production such as economic segmentation.
Bibliography Citation
Tolbert, Charles M., II. Occupational Mobility in a Dual Economy. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Georgia, 1980.