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Changing career rules: clinging to the past or accepting the new reality?

Burke, Ronald J. - In: Career Development International 3 (1998) 1, pp. 40-45

employment relationships. It has been suggested by some that job security is now dead and that company loyalty has all but … hundred and seventeen respondents completed anonymous questionnaires. Aspects of the old and new employment contract were … employment relationship, perhaps reflecting the transition currently underway in workplaces. Implications for individuals and …

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Gender effects on customer satisfaction with employment services

Ross, Linda W.; Fleming, Robert S.; Fabes, Keith J.; … - In: Career Development International 4 (1999) 5, pp. 270-276

This study examined gender differences of the customer expectations and satisfaction of job seekers with employment and … from individuals who applied for employment and training services from the New Jersey Employment Service. It was found that …

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Household life‐cycle asset allocation and background risk of labor income

Cai, Mingchao; Zhao, Jun; Pan, Rulu; Huang, Haozhi - In: China Finance Review International 3 (2013) 2, pp. 117-130

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyze the relationship between risky asset allocation and background risk of Chinese residents. Design/methodology/approach – Using Chinese macroeconomic data, this study uses numerical method to solve dynamic stochastic optimal...

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Comparing job expectations of Chinese male and female college students

Tomkiewicz, Joseph; Frankel, Robert; Sagan, Mariusz; … - In: Chinese Management Studies 5 (2011) 1, pp. 111-120

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine gender differences in job expectations among Chinese university students and how they may affect the activities of organizations in attracting and retaining talent. Design/methodology/approach – Since 1972, a number of studies have utilized a...

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Water savings through off‐farm employment?

Wachong Castro, Veronica; Heerink, Nico; Shi, Xiaoping; … - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 2 (2010) 2, pp. 167-184

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to gain more insight into the relationship between off‐farm employment of rural … per mu. Findings – Off‐farm employment is not significantly related to investments in land leveling, but is negatively …‐farm employment and agricultural production in China than neoclassical economic theory. Originality/value – The paper expands the NELM …

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Asset endowments, non‐farm participation and local separability in remote rural China

Liang, Yicheng; Feldman, Marcus W.; Li, Shuzhuo; Daily, … - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 5 (2013) 1, pp. 66-88

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to address a local separability character partly identified by non‐farm participation behaviors in the context of multiple market imperfections. Design/methodology/approach – The paper develops a model to analyze agricultural household's non‐farm...

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Self‐employment or wage‐employment?

Wang, Zi‐cheng; Yang, Wei‐guo - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 5 (2013) 2, pp. 231-247

significant positive impact on wage‐employment activities, but may be has a negative effect on the entrepreneurial activities. The … workers engaged in non‐agricultural activities (self‐employment and wage‐employment) have the same characteristics in the … the agricultural activities, but these characteristics show no significant affect on the occupation choice between self‐employment …

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How much did the return of rural migrant labor affect China's national economy?

Jia, Wei; Liu, Xiaoyun - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 6 (2014) 1, pp. 38-54

Purpose – What this paper aims to tackle is how much did the return of rural migrant labor during the financial crisis affect China's GDP and the growth rate of the national economy. Design/methodology/approach – This paper constructs a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model and uses...

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The development of farm labor market in rural China

Che, Yi; Zhang, Yan; Yu, Linhui - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 7 (2015) 2, pp. 280-302

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine key determinants of farm labor market development in rural China. Design/methodology/approach – Probit, Logit, and IV-Probit model are used to provide pertinent empirical analysis. Findings – Analysis of survey data establishes three facts...

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Rural-urban income gap and agricultural growth in China

Gao, Yanyan; Zheng, Jianghuai; Bu, Maoliang - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 6 (2014) 1, pp. 92-107

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the effect of rural-urban income gap on agricultural growth in China and its dynamics over time and across regions since reform and opening up. Design/methodology/approach – Two types of indices are constructed to measure the rural-urban income gap:...

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