From London to Los Angeles: a comparison of local labour market processes in the US and UK film industries |
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| Authors: | Helen Blair Nigel Culkin Keith Randle |
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| Institution: | 1. (at time of writing) Royal Holloway, University of London, School of Management, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX;2. current e-mail: helen.blair@bbc.co.uk;3. University of Hertfordshire Business School, Mangrove Rd, Hertford SG13 8QF, UK (tel: +44 (0)1707 285492;4. +44 (0)1707 285445;5. e-mail: N.Culkin@herts.ac.uk;6. K.R.Randle@herts.ac.uk). |
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| Abstract: | Addressing the issue of the embeddedness of labour markets, this paper compares the processes of finding employment in the film industry within two local labour markets. Drawing on studies of freelance film crews in London (UK) and Los Angeles (US), the paper concludes that the importance of social networks in job mobility in both contexts is a consequence of common production structures. However, common labour market practice varies in each geographical space as industry processes and structures are mediated by local institutional contexts. |
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| Keywords: | Film labour market informal recruitment network |
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