Does life satisfaction predict reemployment? Evidence form German panel data.

Autor/inn/en	Rose, Damaris; Stavrova, Olga
Titel	Does life satisfaction predict reemployment? Evidence form German panel data. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Fördert Lebenszufriedenheit die berufliche Reintegration? Erkennisse aus deutschen Paneldaten.
Quelle	In: Journal of economic psychology, 72 (2019) June, S. 1-11 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0167-4870
DOI	10.1016/j.joep.2018.12.008
Schlagwörter	Soziale Situation; Zufriedenheit; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Arbeitsloser; Qualifikation; Auswirkung
Abstract	"While life satisfaction has been identified as an important predictor of occupational success, the question of whether it might contribute to reemployment success among unemployed individuals has received much less research attention. Contrasting three theoretical perspectives (motivation theories, positive psychology, and the optimum level of well-being literature), we explored whether life satisfaction has a negative, a positive, or a non-monotonic effect on the likelihood of reemployment. We used large-scale panel data from Germany that gave us the possibility to monitor unemployed individuals' life satisfaction and labor market outcomes for 10? years. Results of a multi-level discrete-time hazard analysis supported the optimum level of well-being perspective providing evidence for an inverted-U-shaped association between life satisfaction and reemployment probability. Moderate levels of life satisfaction were associated with a stronger likelihood of reemployment than lower or higher levels of life satisfaction. This effect remained robust against controlling for individuals' socio-economic characteristics, labor market experience and the Big Five personality traits." (Author's abstract, © 2018 Elsevier).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2020/1