TRACING BEHAVIORAL-CHANGES AMONG DISCOURAGED WORKERS - WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WORK-ETHIC

Authors
ZIPPAY A
Citation
A. Zippay, TRACING BEHAVIORAL-CHANGES AMONG DISCOURAGED WORKERS - WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WORK-ETHIC, Psychological reports, 76(2), 1995, pp. 531-543
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
76
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
531 - 543
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1995)76:2<531:TBADW->2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Material from an ethnographic case study of 102 randomly selected blue -collar workers who experienced job loss in the 1980s was examined, wi th a focus on a subgroup of 11 who became ''discouraged'' and withdrew from the labor force. Changes in the job-search behavior and attitude s of the discouraged workers are traced, and theoretical explanations for their resignation and withdrawal are explored.