Sosyal Sermaye İle İşsizlik Kaygısı Arasındaki İlişki: Atatürk Üniversitesi İİBF Son Sınıf Öğrencileri Üzerine Bir Uygulama

Abstract

Unemployment is one of the most important socio-economic  problems waiting to be solved in Turkey as in most countries. It  is known that unemployment creates economic, psychological and social effects on individuals. One of the most  important impacts of unemployment on individuals  is unemployment anxiety. Unemployment has a  significant place in desperation of future and  anxiety of unemployment of individuals aged  15-24. It is thought that membership of an Non- Governmental Organizations, social support from  the environmental and social capital will reduce  the unemployment anxiety on individuals. In this  study, it has been analyzed whether there is a  significant relationship between the social capitals  and unemployment concerns of university senior  students or not. In the study which was applied on  the senior students of Ataturk University Faculty  of Economics and Administrative Sciences, the  existence of the relationship between these two  variables was revealed by correlation analysis. The  analysis was performed on the responses received  from 155 participants who were found to be eligible  for the study. As a result of the study, it is showed  that there is a negative relationship between social  capital and unemployment anxiety, futhermore  individuals with high social capital levels decrease  their unemployment anxiety. In terms of gender;  unemployment anxiety among women is high in  the meanwhile social capital level anxiety among  men is noticeable. It was concluded that increasing  social capital levels of individuals would reduce  unemployment concerns and would look more  hopeful to the future.