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Predictors of re-employment: A question of attitude, behavior, or gender?
Mälardalen University, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Health and Welfare.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5285-8605
2015 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, ISSN 0036-5564, E-ISSN 1467-9450, Vol. 56, no 4, p. 438-446Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This longitudinal study examined the predictive value of attitudes, personal-related variables, job search behaviour, and demographic variables on re-employment among 142 assembly workers who had been made redundant. Participants completed a questionnaire within a week after leaving their jobs, and another 15 months later. Results of hierarchical logistic regression revealed that gender (being male), was the strongest predictor of re-employment. Willingness to relocate and desire to change occupation also increased the odds of re-employment 15 months after dismissal. On the other hand - having children at home and anonymous-passive job-search behaviour, which is more prevalent among women, decreased the odds for re-employment. The study is contributing to research by revealing gender differences in job search behaviour and the importance of focusing qualitative differences instead of merely quantitative measures in job-search behaviour. And even more important, despite attitude and job-search behaviour, there is still differences that seems to be related to gender and family responsibility.

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2015. Vol. 56, no 4, p. 438-446
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Attitudes, family responsibility, gender differences, job-search behaviour, re-employment, work-related self-efficacy
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-28739DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12218ISI: 000358042800010PubMedID: 25959069Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84949094989OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-28739DiVA, id: diva2:847920
Available from: 2015-08-21 Created: 2015-08-21 Last updated: 2017-12-04Bibliographically approved

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