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Peer reviewedHanisch, Kathy A. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1999
This review of research on unemployment examines the prevalence of job loss, meaning of unemployment, individual outcomes, coping, effects on families, reemployment issues, and interventions. The article suggests additional research needed to understand the unemployment experience. Lists 91 references. (SK)
Descriptors: Coping, Dislocated Workers, Job Layoff, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedWolf, Gerrit; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1995
Study of 72 displaced engineers in a retraining program showed that better training performance led to more successful employment outcomes; higher career motivation was related to lower training behavior and outcomes; and more experienced workers were less able to cope with change and had less positive outcomes. (SK)
Descriptors: Coping, Dislocated Workers, Engineers, Motivation
Peer reviewedKinicki, Angelo J. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1989
Analyzed longitudinal data from 126 employees 1 month prior to being permanently displaced. Behavioral choice model significantly predicted behavioral intention to look for job, effort in looking, and actual behavior/role choice 18 months later. Expectancy for obtaining job was inversely related with age, positively related with education,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Decision Making, Dislocated Workers
