<b>Solidarity Capital in Crisis: Indonesian Graduates’ Education-to-Work Transitions During COVID-19</b>

This study investigates how Indonesian polytechnic graduates navigated the transition from education to employment during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on the capitals they mobilized. Using Bourdieu’s theory of practice, we examine the activation of cultural, social, and digital capital in response to disrupted labor market conditions. Findings from semi-structured interviews with 41 graduates reveal that solidarity capital—a context-specific subset of social capital grounded in mutual support and community ties—was the most prominently activated and impactful. While digital platforms and competencies facilitated some transitions, their use was constrained by digital inequality. In contrast, solidarity capital provided emotional, informational, and practical support across socioeconomic backgrounds, helping graduates access job opportunities in the absence of strong institutional mechanisms. These results contribute to career theory by highlighting the role of culturally embedded, informal support networks in non-Western contexts and call for more inclusive career assessment and intervention strategies.<br>

本研究探讨了新冠疫情期间印度尼西亚职业技术学院毕业生如何顺利实现从学业到就业的过渡，并重点考察了他们所调动的各类资本。本研究依托布迪厄的实践理论，考察了毕业生为应对劳动力市场受冲击的现状，所激活的文化资本（Cultural Capital）、社会资本（Social Capital）与数字资本（Digital Capital）。通过对41名毕业生开展半结构化访谈所得的研究结果显示，团结资本（Solidarity Capital）——一种植根于互助与社区纽带、具有特定语境属性的社会资本子类——是被最广泛激活且影响最为显著的资本类型。尽管数字平台与数字技能为部分毕业生的过渡提供了助力，但其应用受到数字不平等（Digital Inequality）的制约。与之形成鲜明对比的是，团结资本能够为不同社会经济背景的毕业生提供情感支持、信息支持与实际帮扶，助力其在缺乏健全制度机制的情况下获取就业机会。本研究结果凸显了嵌入文化语境的非正式支持网络在非西方语境中的作用，丰富了职业理论研究，并呼吁制定更具包容性的职业评估与干预策略。