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Job search behaviors among African‐Americans

Schaffer, Meline; Anne Taylor, Mary - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 27 (2012) 8, pp. 814-828

percent of respondents had an undergraduate degree or a more advanced degree, and the average length of unemployment was 9 …

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Continued organizational identification following involuntary job loss

Tosti‐Kharas, Jennifer - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 27 (2012) 8, pp. 829-847

Purpose – Continued identification with a former employer may provide valuable self‐enhancement during transition, or it may highlight unsettling self‐discontinuity. This study seeks to develop and test competing hypotheses regarding the extent to which continued organizational...

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Layoffs and unemployment discrimination: a new stigma

Karren, Ronald; Sherman, Kim - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 27 (2012) 8, pp. 848-863

, job level, and length of unemployment. Issues of categorization and stereotyping of laid‐off workers are explored … unemployment stigma and discrimination. Practical implications – Organizations should examine their HR policies and practices … regarding the unemployed seeking jobs. Discrimination against the unemployed may result in long‐term unemployment that may have …

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Mature age job seekers: the role of proactivity

Zacher, Hannes; Bock, Angelika - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 29 (2014) 8, pp. 1082-1097

Purpose – In the context of demographic and economic changes, helping mature age job seekers find employment is imperative. The purpose of this paper is to examine mature age job seekers’ proactive personality as a moderator of the relationship between age and job search intensity; and to...

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Effects of economic environmental changes on job demands and workaholism in Japan

Kanai, Atsuko; Wakabayashi, Mitsuru - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 17 (2004) 5, pp. 537-548

This paper examines how changes in macroeconomy environment and employment situation affected the workaholism trend among Japanese workers. Results of the analysis indicated that the driven component of workaholism remained high from the beginning of the 1990s when the bubble economy collapsed...

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Discourses of global competition

Ehrensal, Kenneth N. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 8 (1995) 5, pp. 5-16

Challenges the notion that “global competition” is at the root of the changing fortunes of large American corporations, and that it is the reason for the recent trend to downsize/ rightsize/re‐engineer white‐collar staffs. Argues that the change in employment relations can be explained...

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A model of lame duck situations in changing organizations

Krell, Terence C.; Spich, Robert S. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 9 (1996) 4, pp. 56-68

Change efforts today must take into account the increasing number of lame duck employees created by the turbulent business environment and the resultant early retirements, expected plant closings and widespread lay‐ offs. Develops a model of the lame duck situation in organizations, which...

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Joblessness, pain, power, pathology and promise

Butts, Dan - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 10 (1997) 2, pp. 111-129

Corporate downsizing has destroyed millions of well‐paying jobs just in the USA. The psychological, medical, and social costs are staggering. Families are fragmented, communities impoverished, democracies weakened by oligopolistic, plutocratic corporarchies, and Third World nations recolonized...

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Exeunt omnes : transition and exit when work life is dysfunctional

Ullmann, John E. - In: Journal of Management Development 23 (2004) 10, pp. 919-937

Conditions and terms of work in the United States have seen a decades‐long decline, making a steady and progressive work life increasingly difficult to achieve. The reasons include the ascendant conservative opposition to the social safety net and job security, competitive pressures due to...

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A link programme for business support and management development

Wightman, Stephen; Kelly, George - In: Journal of Management Development 15 (1996) 6, pp. 54-68

Outlines a management development programme which contributes to the development of small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) by way of a detailed linking process, whereby the experience and skills of an unemployed manager are carefully matched with the business needs of a company. Describes...

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