Friends With Professional Benefits: A Quantitative Study of the Relationships Between Social Capital, Gender, and Career Success in the University-to-Work Transition

Abstract

In summary, this master thesis suggests that both men and women in the UTW transition benefit from investing in developing their social capital, but in different ways. Although there is a significant positive relationship between social capital and career success, men and women, it seems, follow somewhat different paths. Our findings also indicate that organizations should tailor their Employer Value Propositions (EVP) to their target demographic, in order to attract and retain talent.