Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Job Search Methods in the Software Industry in Bangalore: Does Social Capital Matter? Subject The topic of the resource Job search; Social capital; Social networks Description An account of the resource Heterogeneity of workers and jobs results in imperfections such as information asymmetry in the labour market. Acquisition and evaluation of information by buyers and sellers to arrive at a decision is, therefore, both difficult and costly. Referrals in the labour market act as a conduit through which necessary information flows between prospective employers and job seekers, thereby reducing problems associated with information asymmetry. The information technology (IT) industry hires about a quarter of their workforce through referrals. We look at realised job search outcomes of IT workers some of whom have found jobs through informal methods of search deploying their social networks while others through formalised channels of recruitment. We examine social capital, human capital and firm-specific differences among those who found jobs through formal vis-a-vis informal methods of search. The empirical analysis is primarily descriptive and is based on a survey conducted among software workers in the IT industry in Bangalore. The results suggest that there are no significant differences in the human capital characteristics of workers between the two methods of job finding. However, certain social capital and firm-specific characteristics significantly differ among the methods of job finding. 2019, Indian Society of Labour Economics. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Pradeep D.; Muraleedharan S. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol-61, No. 4, pp. 681-699. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Springer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s41027-019-00155-y" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1007/s41027-019-00155-y</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85063230508&amp;doi=10.1007%2Fs41027-019-00155-y&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=b24a39807908ac30c49e3ea4d759e0a3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85063230508&amp;doi=10.1007%2fs41027-019-00155-y&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=b24a39807908ac30c49e3ea4d759e0a3</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 9717927 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pradeep D., Christ University, Bangalore, India; Muraleedharan S., Maharajas College, Ernakulam, Cochin, India