Unsettled Employment, Reshuffled Priorities? Career Prioritization among College-Educated Workers Facing Employment Instability during COVID-19.

Autor/inn/en	Cech, Erin A.; Hiltner, Sofia
Titel	Unsettled Employment, Reshuffled Priorities? Career Prioritization among College-Educated Workers Facing Employment Instability during COVID-19. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Unsichere Beschäftigung, neu gesetzte Prioritäten? Berufliche Prioritäten von Arbeitnehmern mit Hochschulbildung, die während der COVID-19 mit unsicheren Beschäftigungsverhältnissen konfrontiert sind.
Quelle	In: Socius, (2022) 8, S. 1-13 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2378-0231
DOI	10.1177/23780231211068660
Schlagwörter	Unsicherheit; Pandemie; Rationalität; Einkommenshöhe; Ökonomische Determinanten; Arbeitsloser; Arbeitsmotivation; Arbeitsplatz; Arbeitsplatzsicherheit; Arbeitsplatzverlust; Karriereplanung; Auswirkung; Präferenz; Qualität; Hochschulabsolvent; USA
Abstract	"Millions of workers experienced job instability during the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. A prevailing assumption is that such experiences of instability intensify economic rationality in workers' career decision making as a matter of course. In contrast, the authors argue that pandemic-related employment instability may have 'unsettled' workers' lives in ways that elevated nonfinancial priorities such as meaningful work. Using proportionally representative survey data (n = 1,628), the authors compare the priorities of U.S. college-educated workers who were laid off or furloughed during the pandemic with those of workers whose jobs remained stable. Counter to expectations of heightened economic rationality, job-unstable workers were not more likely than job-stable workers to emphasize job security or salary in beliefs about good work. But they were more likely to prioritize passion for work. These findings challenge common assumptions about job prioritization in the wake of crisis-related job instability and have implications for how scholars and policy makers interpret labor force trends." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2022/3