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Labour market interventions as predictors of re‐employment, job seeking activity and psychological distress among the unemployed
Author(s) -
Vuori Jukka,
Vesalainen Janne
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1348/096317999166824
Subject(s) - psychological distress , psychology , psychological intervention , distress , unemployment , job insecurity , social psychology , psychological well being , clinical psychology , mental health , psychotherapist , psychiatry , economics , work (physics) , economic growth , mechanical engineering , engineering
This one‐year follow‐up study focused on the impact of labour market interventions (i.e. guidance courses, vocational training and subsidized employment) on re‐employment, job‐seeking activity and psychological distress of the unemployed. Another aim was to investigate how individual factors, especially one's financial situation, are related to re‐employment, job‐seeking activity and psychological distress. The results show that participation in guidance courses predicted re‐employment, whereas vocational training and subsidized employment did not have any effect on re‐employment. Of the individual factors, job‐seeking activity, and being married or co‐habiting in a steady relationship, predicted reemployment. None of the studied interventions increased job‐seeking activity. Deterioration of one's financial situation between the two measurement points was related to an increase in job‐seeking activity. Vocational training decreased temporarily psychological distress and a deterioration of one's financial situation was related to an increase in distress. Guidance, which focuses on job‐seekers' skills, job‐search process and labour market knowledge, should be emphasized more.