Job-search persistence during unemployment: A 10-wave longitudinal study

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 411-430

  Wanberg, Connie R ^a,b,c   Glomb, Theresa M ^a,b   Song, Zhaoli ^a,b,c   Sorenson, Sarah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB FINDING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB APPLICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 20444441247     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.90.3.411     Document Type: Article

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