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Effects of Scheduling Perceptions on Attitudes and Mobility in Different Part-Time Employee Types
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Wittmer, Jenell L. S.; Martin, James E. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2011
Recent research supports the existence of a typology of part-time employees with demographic and behavioral differences. This research suggests that part-timers should not be viewed as one homogenous group and that certain part-time employee groups have fixed external role attachments, while others have more flexible attachments. Applying the…
Descriptors: Scheduling, Employment Level, Job Satisfaction, Classification
Job-Seeking and Job-Acquisition in High School Students
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Creed, Peter A.; Doherty, Fiona; O'Callaghan, Frances – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
We surveyed 225 Year 9 and 10 students at T1 regarding their attitude, social norms, control, experience, plans and intentions to find a part-time job while at school. Of these, 149 did not have a job and were surveyed again four months later about their job-seeking and job outcomes (104 responded at T2). Job-seeking intentions at T1 were…
Descriptors: Part Time Employment, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Longitudinal Studies
The Dynamic between Work Values and Part-Time Work Experiences across the High School Years
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Porfeli, Erik J. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
The work value system, its development, and its relationship with work experiences can be modeled as an adaptive control system [Ford, D. H., & Lerner, R. M. (1992). "Developmental systems theory: An integrative approach". Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications]. This study employed longitudinal data from 1000 participants (Youth Development Study;…
Descriptors: Part Time Employment, Systems Approach, Values, Career Development
Factors Affecting the Turnover of Different Groups of Part-Time Workers
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Senter, Jenell L.; Martin, James E. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2007
Past research on employee attitudes and behavior has focused mainly on full-time employees. When part-time employees have been studied, the research has concentrated on the differences between full-time and part-time employees. Recent research has suggested that part-time employees should not be viewed as a single, undifferentiated group. Instead…
Descriptors: Labor Turnover, Influences, Part Time Employment, Employee Attitudes
Family and Career Path Characteristics as Predictors of Women's Objective and Subjective Career Success: Integrating Traditional and Protean Career Explanations
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Valcour, Monique; Ladge, Jamie J. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
This study examined the effects of family and career path characteristics on objective and subjective career success among 916 employed mothers. Among family variables, age at first childbirth was positively related and career priority favoring the husband was negatively related to both income and subjective career success; number of children was…
Descriptors: Mothers, Mother Attitudes, Employed Women, Success
Work Values System Development during Adolescence
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Porfeli, Erik J. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2007
Work values stability, change, and development can be appreciably reduced to a living system model [Ford, D. H. (1994). "Humans as self-constructing living systems: A developmental perspective on behavior and personality" (2nd ed.). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates]. This theoretical model includes discrepancy-reducing and…
Descriptors: Value Judgment, Part Time Employment, Social Psychology, Integrity
Effects of Management Communication, Opportunity for Learning, and Work Schedule Flexibility on Organizational Commitment
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Ng, Thomas W. H.; Butts, Marcus M.; Vandenberg, Robert J.; DeJoy, David M.; Wilson, Mark G. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2006
In the current career climate characterized by change and turbulence, employees may demonstrate limited organizational commitment to their employers. Rousseau (1998) suggests that two key ways to elicit loyalty from employees today are to reinforce perceptions of organizational membership and demonstrate organizational care and support for…
Descriptors: Personnel Management, Communication (Thought Transfer), Opportunities, Learning