Primary Group Relations, Occupational Mobility, and Orientation to Work

摘要

A sample survey of employed men was conducted in the city of Bellflower, California to determine the relationship between the form of individuals' primary social ties and their ability to relate to the practical, instrumental concerns involved in full, effective participation within the occupational sphere. The survey (n=458) documents a relatively low degree of career occupational mobility within the city (along with a low level of identification with work) in conjunction with imbeddedness in the communal forms of primary social interaction associated with traditional, non-urban societies. The data thus lend empirical support to previous ethnographic findings by demonstrating an inverse relationship between involvement in communal social relations and individuals' predilections toward occupational pursuits.