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Vertical mobility
About: Vertical mobility is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 100 publications have been published within this topic receiving 3609 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the chances for mobility at different levels within a stratum, the meaning and utility of anticipatory socialization in mobility analysis, the conditions under which the members of a class will misperceive the norms of other classes, and the condition under which mobility will bring stress, the nature and effects of status inconsistency and the restraints against political radicalism in the United States.
Abstract: A mobility trap is a structural condition in which the means for moving up within a stratum are contrary to those for moving to the next higher stratum. The underlying metaphor is that of climbing a tree, rather than a “social ladder,” with various possibilities of non-vertical and dead-end forms of ascent. Within this framework several theoretical issues are reformulated: (a) the chances for mobility at different levels within a stratum, (b) the meaning and utility of “anticipatory socialization” in mobility analysis, (c) the conditions under which the members of a class will misperceive the norms of other classes, (d) the conditions under which mobility will bring stress, (e) the nature and effects of status inconsistency, and (f) the restraints against political radicalism in the United States.
138 citations
TL;DR: The paper points out the importance of multihoming in a such heterogeneous environment and provides an overview of the most known supporting mobility protocols and the main research trends and challenges.
133 citations
01 Jan 2017
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the impact of international student mobility on knowledge transfer and academic and general skills in higher education and concluded that mobility leads not only to marginally superior academic performance but also to impressive international skills.
Abstract: “Internationalization” of higher education has so many meanings that only a few elements are shared by all actors and experts: border-crossing is the key element, and a trend toward growth is implied. International student mobility is a traditional key feature—along with knowledge transfer—to which more attention is paid than to other features. Definitions and statistics vary enormously, e.g. reference to citizenship of mobility for the purpose of study, short-term mobility vs. mobility for the whole study program, “vertical” vs. “horizontal” mobility, and mobility at a certain moment in time vs. the event of mobility in the course of study. Analyses of “vertical mobility” are mostly case studies and can hardly be summarized. Short-term mobility, notably within Europe, is more thoroughly analyzed, thereby comprising comparisons between mobile and non-mobile students and between countries. They suggest that mobility leads only to marginally superior academic and general skills, but to impressive international skills. This is reflected in small career advantages, but substantially higher shares of visible international tasks as well as in frequent international career mobility. Also, former mobile students’ degree of satisfaction is high regarding the impact on international understanding and general personality development. Divergent factors suggest, for the future, that internationalization without mobility will play an increasing role and that it will be more strongly affected by international political conflicts.
126 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors attempted to determine whether dimensions of social rank combine additively in influencing individual attitudes and behaviors, or whether statistical interactions appear which would support hypotheses of vertical mobility or status inconsistency effects.
Abstract: This study attempts to determine whether dimensions of social rank combine additively in influencing individual attitudes and behaviors, or whether statistical interactions appear which would support hypotheses of vertical mobility or status inconsistency effects. Samples of male heads of household were interviewed in three Indiana and three Arizona communities, roughly matched in size. Two forms of mobility (career and intergenerational) were employed and six forms of inconsistency (including achieved vs. ascribed forms). Fortythree dependent variables were used, including most of the variables previously suggested as consequences of mobility or inconsistency. Most of the relationships appeared to be additive. The interactions which did appear were not clustered with respect to any particular independent or dependent variables, usually varied in form from city to city, and did not resemble patterns expected on the basis of mobility or inconsistency theory. The findings suggest that multidimensional additive models adequately represent the effects of social stratification on the individual.
99 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the decision to move is seen as a function of these two variables, with complaints about the present dwelling appearing as an intervening variable, and inconsistencies among existing studies are interpreted as reflecting differences in the populations studied.
Abstract: Explanation is sought, in life-cycle and career pattern theories, of the decision to move. Survey data supporting the utility of the career pattern approach are presented and inconsistencies among existing studies are interpreted as reflecting differences in the populations studied. A paradigm based upon "life-cycle stage" and "vertical mobility potential" is used to develop a model for further research. The decision to move is seen as a function of these two variables, with complaints about the present dwelling appearing as an intervening variable.
98 citations