Job seekers’ search intensity and wage flexibility
Does age matter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11199487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | AN DE COEN (KU Leuven, corresponding author), Anneleen Forrier (0000-0003-3480-3621, KU Leuven), Nele De Cuyper (0000-0001-7241-9941, KU Leuven), Luc Sels (0000-0002-3485-9599, KU Leuven) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 346-366 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ageing and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0144686x13000731 |
| OpenAlex | W2118793951 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 38 |
Although studies on job search implicitly presume that relationships between antecedents and indicators of job search are similar for job seekers from different ages, few studies have tested this assumption even though lifespan theories state that individual motives and behaviour significantly change as people age. From this theoretical perspective, we examine how age moderates the relationships between re-employment efficacy, employment commitment and financial hardship, on the one hand, and job search intensity and wage flexibility, on the other hand. Path analysis on a sample of 240 Belgian job seekers who were at the start of an outplacement programme showed that re-employment efficacy relates positively to job search intensity and wage flexibility for older job seekers, while we find negative relationships for younger job seekers. For employment commitment and financial hardship, we do not find any interaction effects with age. Employment commitment relates positively to search intensity, whereas financial hardship relates negatively to wage flexibility, irrespective of age. We discuss implications for theory, practice and future research
Demographic economics · Economics · Flexibility (engineering) · Labour economics · Management · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Seekers · Wage · Computer Science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |