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Social Capital and Employment: South Asian Women's Experiences

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	Abstract

This article reports the findings of in-depth interviews with 50 South Asian newcomer women in Toronto regarding the role of social capital in obtaining employment. Two kinds of social capital emerged from the data: preexisting social capital and self-created social capital. Preexisting informal and formal social capital facilitated the newcomers' settlement by providing information, orientation, resources, or actual employment. Self-created social capital offered opportunities for the newcomers to find more appropriate jobs that were in line with their areas of expertise.

First published on August 13, 2009, doi:10.1177/0886109909343570

Affilia 2009;24:394.

A more recent version of this article appeared on November 1, 2009


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