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The effects of long‐term unemployment on attitudes to employment
Author(s) -
Payne Roy L.,
Graham Jones J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of organizational behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.938
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1099-1379
pISSN - 0894-3796
DOI - 10.1002/job.4030080407
Subject(s) - unemployment , job security , mental health , psychology , labour economics , term (time) , job loss , demographic economics , economics , psychiatry , economic growth , work (physics) , mechanical engineering , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
This paper is concerned with whether long‐term unemployment (6‐24 months) affects people's attitudes to employment once they have found a new job. One hundred and forty men aged 25‐40 were asked whether they felt various aspects of employment (e.g. job security, pay) are more important to them as a result of being unemployed. The effects of mental well‐being when unemployed on attitudes to employment are explored. Unemployment is reported to have made most aspects of employment more important to people. Those whose mental health was worst when unemployed report that job security is most important to them.