The Status Attainment Process: Socialization or Allocation?
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A review is presented of the research which has led to the construction of elaborated models of status attainment, noting that the major theoretical thrust in this work has followed a socialization perspective. It is suggested that there are both theoretical and empirical grounds for including in such investigation indices of the effects of allocation as well as socialization. This can be done by incorporating in the models measures of those characteristics used in making allocation decisions as well as through more refined use of contextual analysis. The greatest challenge in such further investigations is to explicate the association between educational attainment and occupational attainment.
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Kerckhoff (1976) presented an allocation model of status attainment that lessens the significance of socialization factors and highlights societal factors that predestine individuals for certain pathways and preclude them from others.
“In contrast to socialization models of status attainment, Kerckhoff (1976) presented an allocation model of status attainment.This model lessens the significance of factors associated with socialization (such as the impact of interpersonal and internal influences on goal construction) and highlights the impact of societal factors that predestine individuals for certain pathways and preclude them”
From The Relationship of High School Curriculum Tracks to Degree Attainment and Occupational Earnings (2009) · cites this paper as Kerckhoff (1976)
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- Authors
- Kerckhoff, A. C.
- Affiliations
- Duke University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kerckhoff, Alan C.
- Venue
- Social Forces
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1976-12
- Volume
- 55
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 368
- ISSN
- 0037-7732 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1988407071
- Cited by
- 321
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 31.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Forces (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Power and Status Dynamics
- Keywords
- status attainment, socialization, allocation, educational attainment, occupational attainment, social mobility, contextual analysis
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